Crime & Safety

Officials Split Over Colorado Bridge Suicide Prevention: Report

Pasadena officials have not agreed on which suicide prevention measure would be best for the Colorado Street Bridge.

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The Colorado Street Bridge has chain link fencing running along its length to act as a suicide prevention measure. The fence is meant to be temporary as officials look for a permanent solution.
The Colorado Street Bridge has chain link fencing running along its length to act as a suicide prevention measure. The fence is meant to be temporary as officials look for a permanent solution. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

City leaders have discussed installing a permanent suicide prevention measure on the Colorado Street Bridge as early as 2017. But officials are still split on what that would entail, according to the Pasadena Star-News.

The bridge currently has a temporary chain link fence installed in 2016 to act as a prevention measure, but that was meant only temporarily. The Star-News reported that a permanent solution that would fit in with the bridge's Beaux-Arts aesthetic has been elusive for officials.

However, the city may soon come to a permanent solution. Pasadena officials have directed staff members to narrow the choices down to two options.

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