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1/13/2006
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WMATA to use Homeland Security grant to build control center, improve radio system
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) plans to use part of a $12.2 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant obtained last fall to build a control center and upgrade an underground radio system.
The authority will build a $22 million center in Landover, Md., and use the current facility — located at WMATA’s downtown D.C. headquarters — as a backup. WMATA will use about $7 million from the latest grant to begin building the center; officials hope to obtain a 2006 DHS grant to complete the project. The authority also had set aside $6.5 million from a previous security grant primarily for the backup control center.
In addition, WMATA will spend $4 million to upgrade its underground radio system by installing a backup antenna for the D.C. fire department radio system, making more working frequencies available for Arlington County Fire Department radios, and replacing aging signal equipment and tunnel amplifiers.
The authority will build a $22 million center in Landover, Md., and use the current facility — located at WMATA’s downtown D.C. headquarters — as a backup. WMATA will use about $7 million from the latest grant to begin building the center; officials hope to obtain a 2006 DHS grant to complete the project. The authority also had set aside $6.5 million from a previous security grant primarily for the backup control center.
In addition, WMATA will spend $4 million to upgrade its underground radio system by installing a backup antenna for the D.C. fire department radio system, making more working frequencies available for Arlington County Fire Department radios, and replacing aging signal equipment and tunnel amplifiers.
