101 Freeway closures begin in Agoura Hills to build wildlife crossing
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Closures on the 101 Freeway through Agoura Hills begin Monday night for the next phase of what is being described as the world's largest wildlife crossing.
Ellina Abovian reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on April 15, 2024.
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They did this in New Jersey many years ago when they put a highway (I78) through a wildlife preserve. Now you can see large trees growing on three or four bridges as you drive toward Newark. I like the idea. Everything in LA is built for the automobile, not much for pedestrians and animals.
Good, Topanga, Malibu rd and 101 is closed less cars on road and less traffic.
It made traffic so much worse.
Are they going to have signs? So the wildlife knows where to cross?
LMBO, same thing I was thinking. Come on people, animals go where animals want.
@@tonicooper5449 Yes, but the point was, they COULDN'T go where they wanted, they were blocked or killed by traffic. They will find this route soon enough especially the coyotes, the others will follow.
Finally, we will know "why did the chicken cross the road"......because he finally could, safely!!
Commuters, please be patient this wildlife crossing is very important🙏😇
yay!
Great idea.This bridge should have been built years ago. Better late than never..Hopefully ,many animals lives will be saved.
Is there a lot of animal death at that point in the freeway? I’ve never heard of such a thing.
@@nadagabri5783 Yes, the endangered mountain lions are getting killed by traffic every year, and other animals crossing the freeway; coyotes, deer, etc. can cause serious traffic accidents.
The Wildlife Crossing guides the animals right onto a street. 😂😂
No it doesn't look at the artist rendition again. It leads to an open hilly wild area.
Will the wildlife know which crossing to take?
I think the coyotes will get the hang of it right away, they are known for being very cleaver and adaptable at finding ways to get to a food source. The mountain lion is a little shyer but will probably follow the coyotes.
It IS an amusing question: "road signs" for the animals and how will they know, etc. Very sadly, far too many mountain lions have already been killed trying to cross the freeways, BECAUSE they have no good way to do it. Between that & the fact that they CAN'T easily move between localities and other populations for more successful breeding, it's literally, and needlessly, driving them to extinction. The placement of this amazing passage was carefully studied to produce maximum efficiency; in many ways, the wildlife itself has pretty well dictated where this crossing should go. And we've WATCHED and LISTENED! This is a project, and a human moment, we should all be excited about, and proud of bringing to reality!
……ANYTHING for the beautiful animals!!!!
It benefits drivers too btw
The wildlife would rather use the freeway, because it's faster. 🍻🇺🇲
In the 50 years my family has lived in Liberty Canyon, I have never seen a single animal on the freeway. A total waste of taxpayer money.
That's because many of them were BLOCKED from crossing which limits territory causing problems in breeding/ population and limits food sources leading to starvation. And if you paid attention there is at least a couple of news reports a year of the endangered mountain lions getting killed trying to cross the freeway.
@@ladywisewolf3942 So they could have created a pre-fab bridge for $100,000 or less that would easily allow the few mtn lions to move. But no they had to build the largest wildlife crossing in the western hemisphere in an area where the actual animal traffic will be nearly nonexistent. Idiotic, wasteful, foolish - This is a clear example of corruption with tens of millions of dollars going to construction groups.
Seriously? crossings in the Mid East - Bahrain/ Qatar/ others. - the crossings are UNDERNEATH the highways
Waste of money. Such an expensive bridge. CA has money for useless things but none for real issues that affect real people.
What about "real" animals?
What about the people who have accidents hitting the animals?
This is carbrain right here.
This world is doing way too much it's completely going out of control 😣🥴
All of recorded history is filled with that identical lamentation. Check it out.
Btw, of all the things to be anxious about...
You're upset about a temporary road closure to benefit wildlife?
Peace
can we grow weed on it?
Maybe you could build a homeless crossing on Skid Row.
I live close proximity to this area. I’ve never seen wild animal on that freeway, dead, or alive. This seems.Very bizarre. Are they really building it for the wildlife to be able to cross?
It’s actually for the migrants. 😂
@@CaptainTrippy I don’t know what it’s really for, but it seems that wouldn’t be the most strategic location for migrant crossings - perhaps you jest. The true purpose of this weird structure could be far more sinister.
Yes, not only are the endangered mountain lions getting killed every year, but other animals trying to cross like coyotes and deer can cause serious accidents. But the other problem is that the freeway BLOCKS many animals from getting to food sources and limiting territory which can cause problems in breeding/ population size and starvation.
@@ladywisewolf3942 thank you so much for the info I had no idea
@@nadagabri5783 Your welcome. A lot of people have no idea because they don't SEE the animals, but they are there.
The stated purpose of this bridge is to allow the 200 or so mountain lions in the Santa Monica hills breed with animals to the north. First there is no guarantee this will have any beneficial effect. Even if you say this will help 300 animals, that’s a cost of 290,000 per cougar. And that’s not counting the upkeep, repairs and maintenance of the bridge structure. I predict serious problems during heavy rains.
No!!!!! 😳 I use that highway 🛣️
Could build 25 tunnels under that freeway for the same price without disrupting traffic.
“Cougar Pass” Yeah !!! 👩🏻🦰🐆
Oh yeah.. like a mountain lion is one mile from that bridge, for sure he's going to think.." hmm, I could walk an extra mile to cross that bridge they built for us". Not going to happen. Waste of 16 million
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Let’s grow weed😂😂😂what a joke
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