CEO Nicholas Campanella from Sun Pacific provided the Council with a picture of one of the smart bus shelters. He said, “The picture shown is not necessarily the kind you may get.”

Perth Amboy Caucus Meeting, Oct. 7

PERTH AMBOY – CEO Nicholas Campanella from Sun Pacific appeared before the City Council at the 10/7/13 Caucus Meeting. His company manufactures smart bus shelters.

“These shelters are referred to as ‘smart’ because some of the features include LED lighting, Wi-Fi hotspots, motion sensors (to let the bus drivers know that someone is waiting at that particular shelter) plus video, solar panels and surveillance cameras,” Mr. Campanella explained. “There will be facial recognition cameras that police can have access to. Shelters may have a touch screen display where tickets can be purchased. Townships can post notification of upcoming events or disasters which can be displayed.

“The shelters will be made of aluminum materials and Sun Pacific will be responsible for maintaining the shelters at no cost to the City.

“The City currently has seven bus shelters that may be replaced and there are seven additional sites where shelters may be put up, possibly by Sun Pacific. Currently Freehold, Howell and Neptune have shelters supplied by Sun Pacific. The Sun Pacific Power Company will be providing smart shelters to Old Bridge Township soon.”