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Term of the Road Dictionary

tunnel operational staff

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Structures Tunnels
  • Definition : Employees of the tunnel-operating body in charge at a given time of all or part of the operation of the tunnel. Note: may be several persons with separate responsibilities, e.g., traffic operation and equipment operation. The tunnel operator may oversee only traffic management (in this case he is the traffic operator and there is a separate technical operator) or traffic and equipment management (he is the only tunnel operator).