Good Thing Terrorists All Read That Free AM New York Thing And Not The Daily News

The Daily News reports that the MTA is considering using a Kevlar-ceramic substance to strengthen the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge’s suspension cables. Shh . . . don’t tell the terrorists:

The MTA plans to shield the Verrazano Bridge’s suspension cables with a protective material to make it harder for terrorists to damage the span, the Daily News has learned.

Two sources said the huge cables that support the world’s second-largest suspension bridge would be encased in a strong, bomb-resistant material.

Another source said that Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials have examined a composite material that includes Kevlar and ceramics. The material, which is as strong as steel but lighter, is used to help protect Black Hawk helicopters.

“It offers a high degree of protection against an explosive blast,” one of the sources said.

The MTA is expected to award a contract for the work soon.

MTA spokesman Tom Kelly would say only, “I have no comment on security issues.”

But when you think about it, in some ways it may be more useful to leak the plans to do it than to actually do it, right?