Plans advance for Golden Gate Bridge suicide nets

[Judi Lynn]

Feb 13, 6:54 PM EST
Plans advance for Golden Gate Bridge suicide nets

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Directors of the agency that oversees the Golden Gate Bridge have moved a step closer to approving a suicide barrier along the historic span.

The board voted 16-0 to approve an environmental impact report that examines the consequences of hanging steel nets 20 feet below the bridge deck on each side.

About 25 people per year die in jumps from the bridge. Suicide prevention activists have long pushed for the barrier, while detractors have argued the money would be better spent on mental health services.

The bridge district needs $50 million for the project - $5 million for a detailed design and $45 million for construction.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOLDEN_GATE_SUICIDES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-02-13-18-54-44

[Earth_First]

1. $50 million?!

Yowzers!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Now if we can use the nets to create a new olympic event... I doubt

that people will resort to pills or some other method once the nets are in place.

[farmout rightarm]

3. Some people who think these nets are necessary supported Jack Kevorkian.

How weird is -that-?

:eyes:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Mighty strange.... cool name that.... farmout...heh heh... n/t

[farmout rightarm]

5. I was starting to think nobody would get it.

:D

Actually, I picked that name on a whim as a recollection from long ago...and just now thought to look it up.
(I was raising hell over the VN war back in 67)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Farm%20Out

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. I knew it, and oldbee.... just like me. We lost a young man from

our hometown to the "conflict". You are right, that is a very old phrase.

[farmout rightarm]

7. 3 of my good friends from high school class of 59 were lost too.

I see you are in one my favorite places on the planet. I'm not a Cajun but I should have been.
Stop in Heberts and pick up a few pounds of crawfish tails for me when they come out, okay?
:D

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. Pass by it regularly.... the chicken fingers with biscuits are to

die for. The traps are out in full bloom, hope the season pays off... mmmm good.

[farmout rightarm]

10. Okay I am now officially drooling

:D

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. We used to say 'right arm left off'

Brings back memories. LOL

[farmout rightarm]

11. Yup! We did too.

:-)