Engineering is at the service of nature to prevent the death of thousands of wild animals that perish every year due to road accidents. In Park city, Utah since 2015, work is being done on the creation of a life-saving overpass.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himEngineering puts itself at the service of nature to avoid the deaths of thousands of wild animals that every year, they perish because of the road accidents. In Park city in Utah since 2015, work is being done on the creation of a lifesaving flyover.
Similar experiments, namely flyovers and bridges for wildlife already exist in other parts of the world, are architectural works that allow animals to cross safely, preventing them from being victims of motorists.
In Park City, the association has long been ‘Save People, Save Wildlife’ works to sensitize public opinion to find solutions in this sense.
An issue that has found fertile ground with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) which has decided to make a project for the construction of an overpass that could start within l’estate 2018.
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In the past, the path of fences on the highway, but the number of accidents has not decreased at all because the wildlife he continued to walk close to the enclosures, unconsciously giving bottom to an even more dangerous action.
To build the flyover you need 5 million dollars, the project is not yet fully official, but it should be 45 feet wide (just over 13 meters) and 345 (105 meters) long and would connect the Parleys interchange.
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An overpass probably covered with vegetation to facilitate access to local animals, in an area that has the highest number of animals killed by cars.
According to the Udot, in the past two years, they have died over 120 deer, more than 10 moose, three pumas and many other animals, so the only possible solution can only be an overpass.
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'Save People, Save Wildlife' is raising through funds, the money necessary for the realization.
Circa 50mila U.S. dollars have already been spent to secure the area, in the meantime that the work is completed.
Dominella Trunfio
Photo: Udot
