The City is starting to implement new security measures for those attending City Council and committee meetings at City Hall.

In order to enter Council Chambers and the River Valley Room, visitors and members of the media will have to go through security screening similar to screenings at the airport, including a bag check and walking through a metal detector.

Officials said the new measures were not in reaction to any specific threat, but are the result of regular security assessments.

“What we were trying to respect is Council’s desire to have City Hall still very much be every body’s home,” City Manager Linda Cochrane said.

The metal detectors will be in place in the River Valley Room starting Tuesday, and they will be in operation at Council Chambers on Wednesday. New security cameras have also been installed.

While such security measures are new for City Hall, many government buildings already have similar measures in place.

At the Legislature, officials increased bag checks and added more metal detectors in 2014, following the fatal shooting on Parliament Hill.

With files from Jonathan Glasgow