Freeway Call Boxes May Get $8-Million Upgrade
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Even as the use of freeway call boxes declines, officials statewide are preparing to spend millions of dollars to upgrade the system to improve links with new telecommunications systems.
The systems could be upgraded from analog to digital signals within two years to meet new standards in the telecommunications industry. The L.A. County system, the state’s largest, costs about $2 million to run annually. The signal upgrade could cost a total of $8 million.
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