Members of the Caithness Committee have recently agreed that funding will be spent on improving the town centre CCTV infrastructures of Wick and Thurso, Scotland.
With £16,100 being used to upgrade the current analogue CCTV system in operation in Wick town centre, £25,625 will be used for a similar process of digitalisation in Thurso town centre. The investment is being made following the 2020 announcement of the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Fund, a part of the country’s national economic recovery package.
Chair of the Committee, Cllr Nicola Sinclair remarked: “I’m delighted to see the proposals for enhanced CCTV go ahead. The second tranche of town centre fund money is relatively small, so it was important we found projects of an appropriate scale that could be delivered quickly.
“CCTV has an important role in public safety, but it also protects our other investments in the town centre environment by discouraging vandalism. In the various public consultations undertaken recently and in community council meetings, improved CCTV is a common request from the community so I’m pleased we’re now in a position to take this forward.
“The regeneration of both Wick and Thurso town centres is a huge project and has faced new challenges with COVID-19 but we are making progress.”
All Town Centre Fund money needs to be committed by March this year and projects completed by September 2021.
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