Alameda Corridor Plans Major Security Upgrades in 2004.Business Editors LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. COUNTY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2003 A manned security center, additional closed-circuit television cameras, motion detectors, fencing and other security measures for the Alameda Corridor will be installed following receipt of a recently awarded federal grant, officials announced Monday. About $750,000 in security improvements are planned for the 20-mile rail expressway. Funding will come from a $601,000 federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). ) port security grant and $149,000 in Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) matching funds. Tentative plans call for a manned support security operations center A Security Operations Center is a centralised unit in an organisation that deals with security issues. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA; an agency within the US Department of Homeland Security) has implemented Security Operations Centers (referred to as SOC) at the Union Pacific Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF ICTF Iraqi Counter Terrorist Forces ICTF Internet Content Task Force ) to monitor the corridor on closed-circuit TV, additional cameras and motion detectors in the 10-mile, mid-corridor trench, as well as new fencing and other barriers. "Nothing could be more important than making an already strong security system stronger," said ACTA CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John Doherty. "We will begin the new year even more focused on security." ACTA administrators plan to schedule meetings with railroad police and security consultants to better define the scope of the project, work packages, schedules and a breakdown of costs for each portion of the project. There is a 12-month window in which to complete the design, installation testing and acceptance of packages approved for funding by TSA grant programs. The Alameda Corridor security project was among 442 nationwide selected Dec. 10 to receive $179 million in the TSA's third round of port security grants. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which are served by the corridor, were granted a combined $18.7 million. Opened in April 2002, the Alameda Corridor consolidated train traffic from four branch rail lines into a high-speed freight rail expressway stretching 20 miles between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and the transcontinental rail yards near downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The agency's governing board is made up of representatives from the cities and ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. ). |
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