Los Angeles: Transportation authorities agreed on Friday to fund a suicide barrier at the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent people jumping to their death from the iconic landmark, reports said.
Local media said the board of directors of the Highway and Transportation District reached a deal on part of the $76 million funding for the Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent System Project.
The federal and state government will fund the rest.
Construction of the system, which will provide a 20-foot (six-meter) net on either side of the bridge, is due to be completed by 2018, the local NBC television affiliate said.
More than 1,400 people have fallen to their deaths from the bridge since it was opened in 1937, including a record 46 suicides in 2013, it reported.
An official from the bridge's administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
