Hunting and Fauna: Perugia, presented the “Life Strade” project to prevent accidents caused by wild animals on the roads as well as prevent the loss of biodiversity.
Wild animals victims of cars, accidents caused by wild boars, roe deer, fallow deer that leave the thick of the vegetation to get closer to man and his settlements. What can be done to stem the problem? The answers are in the "Life Strade" project presented in Perugia during a meeting attended by the regional councilor for hunting, Fernanda Cecchini, the councilor of the Province of Perugia, Domenico Caprini, the project manager Annette Mertens, the representatives of the institutions participating as partners in the initiative.
The project, co-financed by the European Commission through the Life + Program and which can count on a total budget of one million 978 thousand euros, is coordinated by the Region with the association of the Regions of Tuscany and Marche, the Provinces of Terni, Perugia, Siena, Grosseto, Pesaro-Urbino and will end on March 31, 2017.
"The project - explained the commissioner Cecchini - aims to reduce the loss of biodiversity caused by the impact of vehicular traffic, through the experimentation and implementation of a package of measures aimed at preventing accidents". Measures that can include more effective fences, optical, auditory and olfactory deterrents. The dimension of the matter can be given by the claims for compensation for damages following road accidents "mostly caused by wild boar and roe deer, and including the insurance premium payable by the institution, which in two years amounted to about 2 million of Euro".
The project will be implemented on an experimental basis along the provincial 201 of Pietralunga in the Montone-Pietralunga section, the Flaminia between Scheggia and Fossato di Vico and the regional 599 of Trasimeno Inferiore between Panicarola and Dirindello., all traits, as explained by the provincial councilor for traffic Domenico Caprini, who from previous monitoring have resulted in a high rate of accidents caused by the crossing of wild animals.
7 May 2013
Source: Journal of Umbria