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  • Golden Gate Bridge suicide net project costs double, contractors allege

    12/05/2022 2:35:35 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 34 replies
    SF Gate ^ | December 5, 2022 | By Alex Shultz
    Long-delayed plans to fix maintenance platforms and put up stainless steel mesh nets on both sides of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge are still far from completion, at a skyrocketing cost of nearly $400 million, according to recent court filings. In 2018, contractors Shimmick Construction Company and Danny’s Construction Company, referred to as SDJV in court filings, were supposed to begin work updating decades-old maintenance and inspection platforms, replacing handrails and adding wind fairing as well as suicide deterrence nets to the bridge. But they say the project as it was originally drawn up by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway...