“Probably not their idea. They’d rather not waste taxpayer money on that kind of goofy thing.”
I used to live there. Cal Trans is notorious for taking a project that would take six months anywhere else and stringing it out for five years of union dues. I suspect they see wildlife overpasses as a new profit center.
I’ve lived near there for 45 years, about 30 minutes north, in Ventura County.
Two things:
I have never seen a wild animal of any sort, anywhere near a freeway.
I think CalTrans does a super job with their freeway projects, with the least amount of interruption of traffic. Most of the work starts about 10 or 11pm, when there’s less traffic, of course. The cones go up where needed, blocking off a lane, but traffic moves fairly well.
Unlike what I saw years ago on Long Island, New York.
Every now and again we’re directed to an off-ramp, only to re-enter on the other side of a bridge/overpass. Pretty cool - !