Golden Gate Plans a Suicide Barrier
Bridge authorities are considering a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, where about 1,200 people have jumped to their deaths.
Aesthetic concerns have shelved such proposals since 1968, when the first barrier idea was pitched.
At a meeting Friday, a bridge district subcommittee directed engineers to modify a proposed barrier--or find a new one--that fit the bill.
A barrier proposed by Z-Clip International Fence Systems, consisting of horizontal steel wires spaced four inches apart, resembles “barbed wire at concentration camps,” said committee member and San Francisco Supervisor Barbara Kaufman.
A Z-Clip representative said the company would modify the design to make it more visually acceptable and present the results at the December meeting.
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