HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) - Vermont transportation officials have decided to not move forward with a plan to build a temporary net meant to prevent suicides at a bridge over a deep gorge.
Mynbc.com reports Vermont Agency of Transportation is keeping its plan for a permanent safety fence instead.
Project manager J.B. McCarthy said at a meeting Thursday that there would be “a lot of costs and a lot of additional work” if the agency installed a temporary netting option at Quechee Gorge Bridge.
A temporary fence was installed last month as a way to address a number of suicides and other incidents at the gorge.
The agency plans to replace the bridge’s deck joints and clean it as part as well.
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Information from: WPTZ-TV, http://www.thechamplainchannel.com
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