Video surveillance would be installed before the end of 2007 in the three pedestrian streets in Sofia, Graf Igantiev, Vitosha and Pirotska.

This was announced by deputy mayor Velizar Stoilov, zagrada.bg reported.

The camera's would work day and night and would be connected to the centre for video surveillance of the municipal police department, he said.

This way police would follow disturbances of public order and cars driving across the pedestrian zones. At a later stage the system would also be used for traffic control, after a municipal agency was set up for this, Stoilov said.

Sofia's video surveillance installation was funded from the municipal budget and European funds, he added.

Source: Zagrada.bg
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