Massive Security Measures Coming to Brooklyn's Bridges?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to figure out how many qualified contractors are available "to carry out up to a half a billion dollars worth of security improvements on the bridges connecting Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens," according to the Brooklyn Eagle.

The security improvements might include "the construction of gates, forced-entry door and window treatments, access ladders and platforms, cable and suspender rope covers, steel and masonry reinforcement, anti-climb barriers . . . video surveillance, intrusion detection, access control and command centers."

The Eagle calls this the "bunkerizing" of the bridges, and note that similar measures have been successfully undertaken in the UK.

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