![]() The draft environmental impact document received nearly 9,000 comments - with only 15 opposed, according to the wildlife federation. The Los Angeles-area bridge has enjoyed nearly universal support, unusual for a public works project. One of those tools, wildlife crossings (a type of safety crossing), has been successful at reducing both vehicle-animal collisions and wildlife impacts caused. North Americas largest wildlife overcrossing bridge while driving along Interstate 90, between mileposts 61 and 62, about nine miles east of Snoqualmie. A famous one in Banff National Park in Alberta spans the Trans-Canada Highway and is frequently used by bears, moose and elk. Wildlife crossings - bridges and tunnels - are common in western Europe and Canada. As repair work continues on the 53-year-old overpass, regular users say they have concerns over whether it remains safe to use and how long repairs will take. Berms and hollows with high edges will block sound and light from the lanes below. Some 300,000 cars a day travel that stretch of the 101 in Agoura Hills, a small city surrounded by a patchwork of protected wildland that the new crossing will connect.ĭrivers in the Liberty Canyon area will speed under the bridge 165 feet (50 meters) wide with brush and trees growing on top, seamlessly joining hillsides on both sides of the lanes.Īrchitects designed the topography to be indistinguishable from the scenery on either side. ![]() But many of his relatives could benefit, Pratt said. Scientists tracking cougars fitted with GPS collars found over decades that roadways are largely confining animals in mountains that run along the Malibu coast and across the middle of LA to Griffith Park, where P-22 settled.ĭespite being the face of the project, P-22 is unlikely to use the bridge because he’s confined to the park many miles away. Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the big cat became a symbol of the shrinking genetic diversity of wild animals that must remain all but trapped by sprawling development or risk becoming roadkill. The star of the fundraising campaign was the mountain lion P-22. In the face of extreme climate impacts, it’s more important than ever that we work together to protect our rich natural heritage," Newsom said in a statement Thursday. “California’s diverse array of native species and ecosystems have earned the state recognition as a global biodiversity hotspot. ![]() This rendering depicts a wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway near Los Angeles. ![]()
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