Decades in the making, a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge is ready to go, with a $5 million design for a net to be delivered early in the new year.
Only one barrier prevents the fence on the bridge -- which still sees about 24 jumpers every year -- from reality: the $50 million needed to build it.
No funding sources have been identified for the construction of the suicide barrier, according to the Marin Independent Journal.
Toll dollars can't be used, which means the overseers of the bridge must look to "outside funding sources," the newspaper reported.
The regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which decides where federal and state monies go, was the entity that ponied up $5 million for the bridge's design.
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And federal legislation carried by Sen. Barbara Boxer does make the bridge eligible for federal funds designated for suicide barriers.
But in the meantime, local dollars are sought. Ideas considered to raise the money include charging non-residents a toll to cross the bridge, the newspaper reported.
