MTA awards contract for Verrazzano suicide-prevention fencing
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
The MTA has approved a $32.8 million contract to install permanent suicide-prevention fencing on the entirety of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, expected to be completed within two years. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. After years of advocacy from local elected officials, the MTA has officially moved forward with plans to install permanent suicide-prevention fencing on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
On Wednesday, the MTA Board voted to approve a $32.8 million contract to El Sol Contracting/Dewberry Engineering to install safety fencing along the entire span of the bridge’s upper and lower levels.