Zaragoza Mayor Natalia Chueca has announced the approval of a framework agreement worth 3.6 million euros and covering a maximum period of four years to extend the network across the city's districts. The aim is to move beyond the small contracts that slowed down each project and establish a procedure that allows the city to respond more quickly when the need to strengthen surveillance in a specific area is identified.
CONTRACTED COMPANIES WILL UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY
The expansion will not start from scratch. Zaragoza has cameras in areas such as El Gancho, Plaza del Pilar and the surroundings of Doctor Cerrada, Oliver and María Lostal. These devices will be joined by the 50 planned as part of the Huerva River renovation, while the new agreement will allow further equipment to be added until the network approaches 200 units. The contract will also require the companies awarded the work to upgrade the technology to prevent the cameras from becoming obsolete over time.
Zaragoza Mayor Natalia Chueca maintains that these devices support police investigations and notes that municipal video surveillance helped solve around 50 criminal incidents over the past year.
The recordings are not viewed live and are only provided to the police or judicial authorities when requested for the relevant proceedings. The city's aim is to expand coverage and speed up deployment, with neighborhood safety as the main argument.
