S 3579 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to construct suicide prevention barriers at certain bridges and overpasses.

This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Transportation (DOT), New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA), and South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) to install suicide prevention barriers on specific bridges and overpasses. Within one year of enactment, each agency must study state-owned bridges over state roads to identify those posing a significant suicide risk based on height, location, transportation hazards, and past suicide incidents. If barriers are feasible, agencies must install them; if not, they must implement secondary measures like surveillance systems, emergency phones connected to crisis hotlines, increased patrols, or informational signs. The law directly affects state bridges under these agencies' jurisdiction, not local or county structures.
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Introduced Sep 19, 2024 Last action Sep 19, 2024
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