This road will be much wider than the existing road. How will wildlife be protected from the highway and be expected to cross such a wide road?
The project incorporates many design features aimed at protecting the environment and native fauna. The Brunswick Heads to Yelgun upgrade incorporates: • Ten dedicated fauna underpass structures. • Five bridge structures which include allowances for fauna passage below them. • Extensive fauna fencing down both sides of the upgrade to protect known fauna corridors and direct native fauna to the above fauna underpasses. • The retention of existing significant vegetation in a widened median area to facilitate “overpasses” for arboreal species that have also been identified as part of the environmental studies for the project. • The incorporation of fish friendly culverts with low flow cells to allow fish passage in sensitive creek and drainage lines.
