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IMO, we need to have more suicide or safety barriers on more of our bridges.
Paywall free: https://archive.is/VCkGG
Passenger dies after vehicle on DVP struck by person falling from bridge
Officers were called to the DVP at Leaside Bridge at 11:59 p.m. for the fatal incident.www.thestar.com
It does seem counterintuitive to have a barrier on the Prince Edward Viaduct, but almost no where else. My friend's son killed himself from the Leaside bridge, like in the article above, for example. Thankfully in that case he didn't kill anyone else.
Despite what the Admiral thinks, I actually like him, most days.......... LOL
Which is why I'm sharing something.......
There's a walk-in motion coming to Infrastructure and Environment today:
It comes via Councillor James Pasternak:
As noted above, its not the first request.....so whether this one will have more traction, assuming Ctte adopts it, we shall see.
I expect committee will adopt this, but it may be a year or more to see the report, and then several more for implementation.
If the Admiral, or anyone who supports this wants to see this item advanced, an extremely quick note to the Committee Chair (like now) might suggest a friendly amendment to add a report back date (ie by July '25) and a still non-specific statement like 'with a view to implementing such barriers as soon as practical" (to encourage a placeholder in the 2025 budget submission.