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- Cost: $40-50 millionNew York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
- Annual maintenance cost: $78,000 per year for the net, $429,000 for horizontal-bar barriers and $466,000 for the vertical-barSan Francisco Chronicle: Net seems likelier for bridge suicide barrier (October 4, 2008)
- Suicides: about two dozen each year, 39 in 2007, 19 so far in 2008New York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008) Telegraph: Suicide barriers aim to stop jumpers at Golden Gate Bridge (October 12, 2008)
- 1300 confirmed total suicides, probably many hundreds more unknownSan Francisco Chronicle: Net seems likelier for bridge suicide barrier (October 4, 2008)
- Similar nets are used in EuropeNew York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
- Debate ongoing since 1970sTelegraph: Suicide barriers aim to stop jumpers at Golden Gate Bridge (October 12, 2008)
- Environmental concerns: effect on pelicans and cormorantsNew York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
- Artistic concerns: some feel the net will impact the Art Deco feel of the bridgeNew York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
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A safety net preventing suicides from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is currently in the planning stages. After years of discussion and consideration, the board of governors voted 14-1 to erect a physical barrier.New York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
The barrier, which has yet to pass a final environmental review, includes a net made of wire rope covered with plastic. The net would extend 20 feet out from the bridge and hang 20 feel below the walkways on either side.New York Times: Golden Gate Managers Vote to Build Suicide Net (October 10, 2008)
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