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Salinas Airport outlines $750,000 security upgrade, phased perimeter fencing and terminal grant pursuit

Salinas Airport Commission · January 26, 2026
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Summary

Staff briefed commissioners on a roughly $750,000 airport security-systems upgrade that will replace camera and keypad systems at seven gates with cloud storage and app-enabled access, a phased perimeter fence improvement plan (7-foot chain-link plus barbed wire in phase 1), and a pending terminal ADA grant application.

Airport staff told the commission Jan. 22 that a security-system project inherited by the new administration is expected to cost about $750,000 and is targeted for completion around March. The project will upgrade cameras, keypads and cabling at seven gates, improve license-plate reading, move recordings to one-year cloud storage and provide smartphone/app gate-access while retaining existing clickers and fobs.

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