California drivers collided with animals more than 22-hundred times in 2019, with three people losing their lives. A new Congressional bill, which is part of the 303-billion dollar Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, allocates 350-million dollars to build more wildlife crossings around the country. Cal Trans Public Information Officer Gilbert Mohtes-Chan says they’re building a crossing under one of the construction zones on Highway 20 in Yuba County. It’s two to three miles east of Marysville Road, near Monument Trail…

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Another crossing, already completed, is on Highway 49 in Sierra County, where, Chan says, cameras have also been installed to gauge the effectiveness…

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The bill sailed through the U-S Senate and is now in the House. Data from the Federal Highway Administration show such crashes result in more than eight-billion dollars in damages each year.