Surveillance Cameras to Be Installed ...
27.08.09
On Friday, the commuter-rail service's operations board authorized VRE chief executive Dale Zehner to issue a request for proposals for the purchase and installation of a 20-camera system. Although cameras already monitor some VRE platforms in the region, this will be the first of VRE's three parking structures to have a surveillance system.
"It is good safety practice for unattended garages to have a monitoring system," said Jonathan L. Way, a Manassas City Council member and VRE board member. "This is something we have contemplated since the garage opened."
The surveillance system will be paid for with money left over from the $12.7 million garage project, which was completed in August 2008. The cameras require about five weeks to install and will monitor the interior and exterior of the garage, which is used by VRE commuters and the City of Manassas.
Source: Washington Post