Biden Administration Allocates $110 Million to Improve Wildlife Road Crossings

The funding aims to reduce annual collisions between large animals and vehicles, which currently result in about 200 human deaths and 26,000 additional injuries.

The Biden administration has announced a $110 million grant to improve wildlife road crossings across the United States, aiming to reduce deadly crashes involving animals and cars.
The funding will be awarded to 19 wildlife crossing projects across 17 states and includes four Indian Tribes, supporting the construction of wildlife crossings near busy roads, the addition of fencing, and the use of tracking and mapping tools.
An estimated more than one million collisions involving large animals and vehicles occur every year, resulting in about 200 human deaths and 26,000 additional injuries.
The funding is part of a new program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which also makes $350 million available over five years to allocate to the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.
Examples of projects that this funding will support include allocating $24 million to Arizona for its Kelly Canyon Wildlife Overpass Project, which will construct nearly 17 miles of fencing and other safety measures along Interstate 17. Wyoming will also receive $24.4 million to build overpasses, underpasses and fencing along 30 miles of a rural highway in the state.