An Orpington woman has launched an online petition to have a fence put up around the River Medway.
It was created just hours after the family of Greenhithe's Patrick Lamb confirmed that his body had been found in Cuxton Marina on January 10.
The petition, set up by Cathleen Breen from Orpington, has attracted 1,928 supporters since it was created.
In an open letter to Medway Council, Ms Breen says: "The River Medway is an extremely deadly place.
"An appropriate fence or a wall needs to be erected around The River Medway to prevent more tragic and unnecessary deaths."
Mr Lamb, from London Road, sparked a county-wide search when he disappeared during a night out in Maidstone on December 13.
Patrick Lamb
The broadcast engineer was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of December 13 crossing Fairmeadow towards the river.
His body was found by two young women at Cuxton Marina on January 10 at 3.30pm.
Since 2006 several young men have died in the River Medway:
- In 2013 Josh Thomas, 18, died after falling in on a drunken night out.
- In 2009 Sonny Pataria, also 18, lost his life in the river during a friend's wedding at Chatham Dockyard. He was found in the river at Gun Wharf.
- In January 2006 Terry Reynolds, aged 19, from Chatham disappeared during a night out in Rochester in January 2006. His body was later found in the river at Halling.
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