Macleans Magazine

Last year, one the the jobs SR was involved in was building the roads for a new subdivision about 20 minutes north of Whitehorse city limits. And one thing in the plans of this road was the installation of multi-plates, huge culverts (about 3 stories high) under the roads, so moose could use this culvert to pass to the other side of the road, rather than crossing a road where a vehicle could hit them. This, at the added expense of $1 million. And so it was built. Some questions: 1. How are the moose to know they should use this culvert rather than just cross the road?? There is no fencing along side of the road to restrict the use of the road. 2. How many moose travel along that corridor? So far, there have been no tracks through these culverts (and we have had snow on the ground since October of 2011).

Well, we're not the only ones wondering about this. Macleans magazine has the following article:

99 stupid things the government spent your money on

And at # 44

Animal tracks: The Yukon government spent $1 million to build two “wildlife culverts” for an expensive new subdivision in Whitehorse so moose would stay off the newly constructed road. That’s commendable, except the culverts helped push the price of lots in the government-owned development to as much as $218,000, and one-third of the 30 lots failed to sell.

Hmmmmm ....