Streets, roundabouts, and housing developments: these are the locations where Mijas will deploy 154 video cameras.

The plan of the Mijas City Council to deploy up to 154 video cameras in the three population centers of the municipality includes streets, avenues, squares, roundabouts... and urbanizations. These are the "key," "sensitive," or "strategic" locations as they are referred to in the project, which was advanced by SUR and has been put out to tender by the municipal government for 2.64 million euros, including maintenance for four years, and which must be operational within nine months from the contract signing.

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Mijas will install more than 150 video cameras in up to 85 key points of the municipality

The 154 video cameras will be deployed at 85 locations with the goals of enhancing public safety and improving traffic control, and will be managed by the Municipal Coordination Center (CECOM) of the Local Police. Each location serves a specific purpose and the type of device also varies. For both objectives, cameras will be deployed at 13 points, for public safety at 14 locations, while 58 spots are aimed at traffic control.

In this last area, urbanizations are prominent, with 22 of the 58 points located in these residential areas, where access zones to the A-7 and AP-7 highways will also be prioritized. In total, 106 of the 154 devices dedicated to traffic control will be located at 71 locations in the municipality, and will even include license plate readers. For public safety, there will be 48 video cameras at 27 points, which also includes up to seven urbanizations (Jardín Botánico, El Chaparral, Calypso, Mijas Golf, Riviera del Sol, Sitio de Calahonda, and Torrenueva).

Of the 58 locations for traffic control, 22 are in urbanizations, and Mijas Avenue will have the most video cameras

Mijas Avenue will have the most cameras: two for public safety and traffic control (at the intersections with Santa Laura and La Unión streets, a road shared with Fuengirola) and three more for traffic.

"Coexistence, well-being, leisure, and daily life are only possible from a sensation and a reality of security, and that is what we are going to provide to the people of Mijas; Mijas is a safe municipality, but it will be even safer," argued the mayor, Ana Mata.