MTA cuts weekend surveillance at vulnerable Verrazano Bridge, Queens-Midtown Tunnel

[Harry 1,090]

It's eyes wide shut at two of the city's main bridges and tunnels.

 

The MTA has removed weekend security details from the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Verrazano Bridge, the Daily News learned Monday, just as the Moscow bombers sent New York into a new round of terror jitters.

 

No longer do MTA Bridges and Tunnels cops man booths at the tunnel exit or on the bridge's two tower anchorages on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

Instead, the MTA says it has a high-tech surveillance system of cameras and monitors.

 

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/30/2010-03-30_fewer_eyes_protect_major_city_targets_mta_cuts_weekend_surveillance_at_vulnerabl.html#ixzz0jfIzImlK

[NX Express 292]

The "high-tech surveillance system of cameras and monitors" has never stopped them before.

[metsfan 2]

Lame-tastic.

 

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