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Yahoo!Wow! Whoever wrote the headline “Suicide Fence a Go” above last week’s story about the troubled Caltrans proposal to put fencing barriers on the Cold Spring Bridge [News, 5/22/08, independent.com/fenceadvances] really got it wrong. “Fence Plan Teetering” would be about right.
And what the sub-headline calls “some opposition” is, in fact, very widespread and rapidly increasing public opposition. The barriers project is opposed by numerous community organizations representing thousands of local citizens and taxpayers, including the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association, Santa Barbara County Action Network, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club, Women’s Environmental Watch, Citizens Planning Association South County Land Use Committee, Santa Ynez Valley Alliance, Pearl Chase Society, Los Padres ForestWatch, and Friends of the Bridge.
While there continues to be “some support” for the proposal, the momentum of public opinion is clearly moving to opposition in light of evidence about its deeply flawed justification, excessive cost, and failure to adequately consider a superior no-barriers alternative plan based on the recommendations of a leading expert on addressing suicidal behavior on bridges. So the story is far, far from over, and the tide is turning strongly against the barriers proposal.
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