The Lions Club of Bridport pushed the introduction of CCTV cameras in the seaside town arguing they would lead to a reduction in the sort of rowdy, anti-social behaviour than made headlines a couple of years ago on New Year's Eve.

Lion Graeme Harris said that he first raised the matter with Councillor Leonie Stein in 2011 or 2012.

"She was passionate about it because, at the time, there was a spate of vandalism going on - stupid things," he said.

"We [Lions] decided we should have these cameras and Leonie put it to the council, but it was knocked back - she put it up again late and got it through."

Mr Harris said that the project stalled for some time for various reasons, including the lack of a suitable pole to mount one of the cameras.

"I took a bit of a break and eventually managed to get a pole from the council - then we had to organise power to run the camera," he said.

"That took a while to get sorted and the Hobart technician came up last week to set it all up."

Mr Harris said that the cost of the cameras and installation was about $17,000 - $8000 of which was covered by the council - but should save a lot of money with a reduction in vandalism.

Images from the cameras were transmitted back to the police station and were so clear you could almost read the newspaper through the cameras, he said.