THUNDER BAY – City council on Monday will be asked to approve $254,731 to allow the municipality to further expand its Eye on the Street project to 15 additional locations.
Thunder Bay Police will fund the other half of the expected $509,460 cost through already secured grant funding, specifically Ontario’s guns, gangs and violence reduction strategy.
Phase 3 of the Eye on the Street project aims to increase community safety, with the city’s portion of the money coming from the general capital reserve fund.
The expansion of the program will allow police to support more locations for the closed-circuit camera system, and includes software and hardware updates and expanded live-viewing capabilities.
The program was first launched in 2005, a partnership between the city and its police service.
Matching municipal funds are a pre-requisite for police to get their share of the money from the province.
The capital general reserve fund currently has an uncommitted balance of $5.1 million
