Indiana Residents Request Wildlife Crossing

Residents in Plymouth, Indiana are requesting that a wildlife crossing be included in a road extension project.

A plan to possibly reduce car-deer accidents on the new Pine Road extension project could add as much as $450,000 to the project already estimated at almost $4 million.

Plymouth resident Todd Thompson had asked the county in its early public discussions of the extension to consider including a means for deer and other wildlife in the area to be able to safely cross Pine Road.

Thompson suggested, based on plans for the new road to be between 3 feet to 5 feet above the existing road's grade, that the county "oversize" one of three planned culverts associated with the project, noting that deer tend to travel on low ground.

"This is white tail deer country," Thompson said. "Instead of fighting it, let's work with it."