Comm System Totals $71 Million

Officials in Louisville (Ken.) have tallied up the cost of a new public safety communications system and come up with a huge figure: $71 million. The MetroSafe project will include a $22.5 million radio system installed by Motorola, along with mobile data system covering up to 5,000 vehicles, new radio towers, and other gear. The original cost was estimated to be $50 million, and the latter stages of bidding put the cost at over $100 million. Now city officials are stuck between the two extremes, unhappy at the high cost, but glad it wasn’t as much as the high bids. Read more about the story, including some interesting “MetroShaft” comments, here.