In all, the academy is installing about 3,900 feet, or nearly three-quarters of a mile, of the 8-foot tall steel fence, at a cost of slightly more than $773,000.
The next step in the project is to build a brick Naval Academy sign at Route 450 and King George Street.
"The reason why we are doing it is, it improves the appearance and fills in some holes in our (security) perimeter,"...
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