"Security upgrades announced for New York-area airports"

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Security upgrades announced for New York-area airports
The Associated Press


NEW YORK (AP) - The metropolitan area's three major airports will receive a
series of security enhancements as part of a capital improvement project
announced Thursday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 

Highlights of the program include $80 million for state-of-the-art perimeter
intrusion systems and $14 million for expanded closed-circuit television
systems. 

The Port Authority, which operates John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia
and Newark Liberty International airports, also will spend $6 million to
adopt federal security standards, including the introduction of biometrics
systems for employee identification. 

Biometrics systems apply the most sophisticated technology available to
incorporate fingerprinting and iris scanning to verify the credentials of
airport and airline personnel, Port Authority officials said in a statement.


Also Thursday, the Port Authority gave Continental Airlines the OK to
proceed with a baggage screening enhancement program at Newark Liberty
International Airport's Terminal C.


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