In Pasadena, a more permanent solution to preventing people from jumping to their deaths from the Colorado Street Bridge can’t come soon enough.

So the city this week plans to erect additional temporary barriers which officials hope will further help curb the number of suicide attempts.

By way of an emergency order from City Manager Steve Mermell, crews this week will put up fencing on either side of and across the entire span of the iconic bridge.

The new fences will be an extension of the 10-foot barriers set up in 2016 in the bridge’s pedestrian alcoves and are meant to prevent suicides until the city begins construction on permanent barriers, a project set to go out to bid this fall.

“While we are moving forward with a request for proposals to design new barriers, we cannot leave the status quo in place until that process is completed and new permanent railings (are) installed,” city spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said in an email.

In 2017, the first full year the alcove barriers were installed, Pasadena police responded 10 times to the bridge for a report of a jumper, according to interim police Chief John Perez.

This year already, four people have leaped to their deaths, according to Derderian.

The total cost of extending the temporary barriers comes in at $295,932, Derderian said.

Meanwhile, consultants this fall will bid to design a long-term solution. City officials know already that the permanent structures must be at least 7-½ feet and estimated they’ll cost between $2 million and $2.5 million.

The solution of physical barriers was based on research that shows they successfully reduce suicides from bridges by 80 to 100 percent, depending on design variables, according to Public Works Director Ara Maloyan.

The additional temporary barriers could assuage the concerns of neighbors who say more needs to be done to prevent suicides off the bridge. That concern has been among many voiced by those who have problems with the planned Desiderio Neighborhood Park, which is being built beneath the bridge.

Suicide prevention resources include the National Suicide Prevention Center Hotline, 800-273-8255, or www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.