ASFINAG the Austrian Highway Company release (from original in German with some small edits)

The focus is on a new road and drainage.

With all construction work and measures, ASFINAG is 100 percent on schedule on the largest tunnel construction site in ASFINAG in Western Austria. This means that from the current perspective, the traffic release of the tunnel can be kept on November 22nd.

ASFINAG is currently investing a total of 75 million euros in this renovation phase and increases security for almost 9,000 road users every day. In addition, a new toll forecourt and a sustainably designed new toll point with modern workplaces are created. Overall, more than 100 million euros flow into the security and service upgrade on the Arlberg.

The Arlberg tunnel, which has been in use since 1978, was at the time at the opening of the longest street tunnel in the world, and in the meantime it is still the longest street tunnel in Austria.

Good news: Fourth lock is the last disability for years
One thing is clear: the tunnel must be in use again for the coming winter season. From a current point of view, this can be clearly confirmed because the work is based on plan. This means that in the coming years there will be no other long blocks in the planning as they will currently need. ASFINAG has thus made essential investments of more than 300 million euros in the safety in the Arlberg tunnel since 2005: starting from the escape and escape routes between rail and road tunnels from 2005 to 2008 via the comprehensive security upgrade between 2014 and 2017 to Now for the necessary renovation of the road in 2023 and 2024. This remains the Arlberg tunnel one of the safest tunnels across Europe.

Current focus: drainage and new roadway
ASFINAG can currently complete the work on the main tunnel drainage over a length of around 7,500 meters. 55,000 square meters must be paved as preparatory work for the concrete ceiling in the tunnel. Burstones and especially the coating of 75,000 square meters of walls and ceilings of the tunnel are currently in full swing. This is essential for road users and their security. To illustrate: In the first years of operation between 1978 and 2018, over 80 million vehicles drove through the tunnel.

Mega construction site with a focus on sustainability
Resource conservation is of the utmost importance even at a construction site of this dimension for ASFINAG. In the concrete lane, which comprises 23,000 cubic meters, ASFINAG therefore relies on the highest possible recycling quota.

A bright rock grain is also used for the surface of the concrete lane to reduce the electricity requirement for lighting. The addition of around 35 percent of this type of rock already improves the degree of reflection and enables a saving of 210,000 kWh/year. Saving energy is an important concern of ASFINAG and the increase in efficiency for the tunnels as the largest energy consumer. When building up in the area of ​​the toll area, wood is also increasingly used as a building material. This also applies to the pedestrian bridge for customers: inside at the toll area.

Available traffic currently without problems
Two years before the start of the work, ASFINAG started intensive information about alternative routes and construction work. In a shoulder closure with economic chambers, police, authorities and the federal states, there have been no major disabilities on the regional alternative route Arlbergpass. The renovation work at intersection B 198/L 68 with the traffic lights and the constant truck controls by the police contributed significantly to this. As is well known, this monitors the regulation on finish and source traffic for heavy traffic via the passport.

However, ASFINAG continues to ask for more time to drive over the passport and to find out about the provisions, driving bans and large-scale detour routes before starting the journey on the homepage http://www.asfinag.at/sperre-arlbergtunnel. Summer time means travel time - that's why there may be delays on weekends due to traffic overloads over the Arlberg Pass.

COLLATION DATA RESTRIATION ARLBERGTUNDNEL 2023/2024

 Length of Arlbergtunnel: 13,972 meters
 Commissioning: December 1, 1978
 Cost second phase renovation: 75 million euros
 Planned blocks: April 24 to October 6, 2023; April 15 to November 22, 2024
 Daily traffic in the tunnel: 8,000 vehicles/24 hours
 23,000 M3 concrete lane
 105,000 m2 asphalt application layer
 110,000 m2 tunnel coating
 12,000 m2 sealing gallery works

Corner data Modernization Mautplatz St. Jakob

 Investment modernization toll: 30.5 million euros
 3,900 square meters of concrete ceiling
 1,200 cubic meters of wooden structures
 340 tons of steel construction
 2,000 cubic meters of concrete
 Around 50,000 square meters of surface waters will in future be cleaned in two pools with 900 cubic meters of volume.

Source: ASFINAG.