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Posted: 06/27/2014 11:11:18 AM PDT @MarkPradoIJ on Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO >> In a historic vote, the Golden Gate Board of Directors approved funding Friday to build a suicide barrier on the span.
The board approved $20 million from its reserves for the project. Caltrans would contribute $22 million, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission $27 million and the state $7 million under the proposed plan. Those agencies still must vote to approve funds toward the $76 million project.
If all the funding comes together as planned, the contract for the work would go out at the end of this year and it would take about three years to build, Mulligan said.
http://www.marinij.com/goldengatebridge/ci_26047290/golden-gate-bridge-board-approves-funding-suicide-barrier
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)I would assume they'd do one-- but I didn't read the whole article.
Good question!!
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)I've read that this was both the best aesthetic and aerodynamic design.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Meanwhile, people keeping jumping.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I've seen it on other bridges.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)there were other mentions on DU-- but some of them were as far back as 2005!! So I'm very glad that finally something is being done.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)for a loved one from my childhood.
Better late than never.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)My condolences.
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)San Francisco Suicide Prevention is the oldest community-based telephone crisis center in the United States. Founded in 1962 by a journalist from the British Broadcasting Corporation, the organization adopted a crisis management model developed by the Samaritans Centers in Great Britain and Europe. To this day the agency trains local volunteers who provide suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to callers. Over 500 other crisis centers across the United States now utilize the same concept.
After the collapse of the State mental health system in California, San Francisco Suicide Prevention stepped forward to fill the demand created by insufficient community service funding. Over time, the agencys workload grew to its current total number of volunteers trained since the agency began now tops 3,500, and the total number of calls answered exceeds 1,000,000.
With a talented staff of 12 FTE, 100 volunteers, and an annual budget just under $800,000, San Francisco Suicide Prevention is one of the most cost-effective crisis care agencies in the country.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)Thanks for posting