When they built the A2 highway in Poland from Warsaw to Berlin, the EU required them to build wildlife overpasses. They also installed wildlife cameras that were operated by motion detectors to capture photographs of the furry critters that used the multi-million dollar overpasses.
In over 5 years they did not capture a single photograph of an animal using the expensive overpass.
Maybe they should include a lap pool in the overpass for fish and so avid swimmers could commute to work.
Interesting factoid. Tons of pithy and witty comments too.
I live in Thousand Oaks, about 6 or so miles north of where they are talking. The 101 does create a formidable barrier right through the mountains there, effectively creating a peninsula of canyons from West LA & Santa Monica to Camarillo.
However, I’ve been around here for about 7 years, commuted on that stretch for 3, and there’s been nasty wrecks on that stretch but I’ve never, ever, seen roadkill. Certainly, there are no stories about deer and mountain lions being killed on that freeway. Additionally, there are connecting roads under and over the freeway, there’s probably no-more than a 4 mile gap between those exits.
My bet is it’s another corrupt deal between the lawmakers and construction labor and suppliers, with a few land owners benefiting too
That’s because the fools needed to build UNDERpasses. Macaroons!