Fire Safety Highways Agency chiefs are set to invest more than £8 million into the Dartford Crossing to improve its fire protection of the tunnel.
The cash will fund a fire suppression sprinkler system in both tunnels, designed to control a fire until the emergency services arrive
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The fire safety upgrade, awarded to tunnel safety specialists Fogtec Brandschutz GmbH, will be similar to fire detection type systems installed and commissioned in the England to France Channel Tunnel following a large blaze there in early September 2008.
Work to install the fire suppression sprinkler system in the Dartford tunnels, which is estimated to cost close to £8.1 million, begins in October 2010 and is due finish in 2012.
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