![WATCHING: Albury's Dean Street is covered by security cameras, and council staff are keen to see a similar system installed in Lavington to prevent and investigate crime. WATCHING: Albury's Dean Street is covered by security cameras, and council staff are keen to see a similar system installed in Lavington to prevent and investigate crime.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/u2TKvX7hYXGMrKgrD4ZiFN/b1219783-f595-4dec-8eb0-142963c59b3e.jpg/r0_0_4833_3217_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Albury council staff want to push ahead with a Lavington security camera system despite failing to find a business to build it.
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Under the plan, 48 cameras would operate near the Five Ways, Mate Street, Wagga Road, Urana Road and nearby shopping centres.
A similar system has been in use in central Albury since late 2017.
While 33 companies looked at tender documents for the Lavington project, none submitted a tender.
![VIEW: The area that would be covered by the system. VIEW: The area that would be covered by the system.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/u2TKvX7hYXGMrKgrD4ZiFN/e8a13df9-d60d-43e1-983b-aa2813165cfa.jpg/r0_0_913_743_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A recommendation will be put to councillors on Monday that council chief executive Frank Zaknich enters into direct negotiations with any of the companies or other businesses in a bid to secure a contract for the plan.
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The suggestion is being put forward by council staff to ensure federal funding available for the project isn't put at risk.
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