The authorities want to protect the waterfront, Coney island

The authorities want to protect the waterfront, Coney island

After the recent terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan members of the city Council started talking about how to make the waterfront on Coney island are more secure.

Mark of treyger and Chaim Deutsch claimed that in the entrance to the Promenade of Rigelman shall be equipped with special foldable poles, which will limit the traffic flowing into the area only some cars. Letters calling for the consideration of such updates have been sent to mayor bill de Blasio, the head of the police Department of new York James O’neill and the Director of the parks Department Mitchell Silver.

The authorities want to protect the waterfront, Coney island

Members of the city Council are confident that the attack showed how important it is to take sufficient security measures in places of a big congestion of people. Waterfront, Coney island is visited annually by over 14 million visitors, making this place a potential target. Taking into account the fact that terrorists and aggressive personality are increasingly began to use cars as murder weapons (in 2017 year, there have been 20 such incidents, including the terrorist attacks in London and nice), the authorities need to do everything possible to ensure the safety of citizens and visitors of new York.

Earlier this month, a question was raised about the lack of limiters in the city. Residents expressed concern that this omission on the part of the authorities can lead to new victims in the event of a repetition of the attack. However, such security measures will cost the city dearly, because one stop can cost several thousand dollars.

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