Efforts to Help Wildlife Cross a Pacific Northwest Highway Are Working.
More animal bridges and underpasses along U.S. 97 would further reduce accidents and save money.
More animal bridges and underpasses along U.S. 97 would further reduce accidents and save money.
Highway 156 is a crucial thoroughfare for thousands of commuters, travelers and commercial trucks each day between the Monterey Peninsula and Highway 101, but the corridor is also crucial to a species on its own commute, the endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander. For years, any improvements to 156 – including a new and safer interchange at Castroville Boulevard – have been stalled as humans tried to figure out how to accommodate both highway and habitat.
Two Gaviota Groups Appeal to Coastal Commission over Caltrans Project.
https://www.independent.com/2020/10/31/underground-wildlife-crossing-dispute-renewed/