The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills, is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Construction continues on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills over the 101 Freeway on Thursday, August 3, 2023. Construction crews are making progress in the monumental task of building a 175-foot wide wildlife crossing spanning 10 lanes of the 101 Freeway at Agoura Hills, despite experiencing some work shutdowns from heavy winter rains.
With crews pouring concrete for major portions of the wildlife bridge supports last month, construction appears to be back on schedule. “The weather definitely impacted us and there is a chance it could spill over into 2026. We are hoping to make up the time and stay on track,” said Beth Pratt, California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, the group that spearheaded the project.
Construction continues on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills over the 101 Freeway on Thursday, August 3, 2023. Pratt placed the total cost of the project, including studies, designs and permitting, at $92 million, a figure confirmed by Caltrans on Thursday. A rendering shows the proposed wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. The bridge over the freeway would allow mountain lions and other animals to go from one side of the freeway to the other and would promote genetic diversity in local species.
“They have been pouring concrete and getting the abutment pillars up,” Pratt said. “By fall, we should see the skeleton of the horizontal structure going up, the actual bridge structure.”
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