WORK has begun on a network of 20 CCTV cameras for Kiama's central business district.
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The $280,000 project is being jointly funded by the three levels of government.
The camera network makes use of the National Broadband Network, with the new infrastructure also to be used for a free Wi-Fi service for Kiama's town centre.
In March, a council survey found 72 per cent of the Kiama community supported CCTV.
The first stage is the cameras themselves, and the second is the introduction of Wi-Fi in the centre of town.
The cameras will be installed in Terralong Street and Railway Parade while the second stage will loop back to Terralong Street via Bong Bong Street and Manning Street.
The cameras are designed to blend in with the Kiama streetscape. and will have footage broadcast live through to the Lake Illawarra Local Area Command.