A net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge could cost nearly $400 million, double what was originally estimated for the project.
A net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge could cost nearly $400 million — double what was originally estimated for the project, according to the two construction firms in charge of the project.
“The District concealed significant information during the proposal phase of the Project, including extensive bridge deterioration that interfered with [the construction companies’] ability to perform the work as designed by the district,” the firms’ attorneys said in the complaint.The L.A. City Council passed an ordinance Friday that requires the phaseout of oil drilling in the city within 20 years.
Nearly 30 people die each year at the bridge and safety advocates had called for a preventative apparatus for years before Bay Area officials approved the project in 2014 at a cost of $76 million.The demand to fund significant salary increases for strikers comes as the state faces a potential $25-billion budget deficit.
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