A multi-million pound plan to prevent suicides from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge could be used as the model for a similar scheme on the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk.
The iconic America landmark is to have steel netting installed alongside it to help prevent people jumping from it.
And yesterday the Highways Agency refused to rule out the possibility of doing something similar with the bridge carrying the A14 across the Orwell.
When asked whether netting was an idea being considered a Highways Agency spokesman said: “We will be carrying out a review into the bridge this financial year.
“During this review we will look to see if there is any technology or best practice which could be adopted to help increase safety measures.
“The Orwell Bridge already has higher parapets than usual, which is sufficient to prevent people from accidentally falling, and Samaritan phones are provided for use by people who feel they may need confidential emotional support.”
The decision to conduct the review comes against a backdrop of another death involving the bridge just two days ago.
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