Recent Audit Examines Budget Overruns for Major Wildlife Infrastructure Project in California
- The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over US-101 in Agoura Hills, California, is a $114 million project intended to provide a safe overpass for wildlife, originally projected to cost $92 million and be completed by 2025.
- The project is $21 million over budget and behind schedule, with about $77 million funded by state sources and additional private philanthropy.
- Governor Gavin Newsom and supporters promised completion with an additional $10 million, but costs and delays have exceeded those estimates.
- The project has been criticized as a jobs program for environmentalists, with debate over its impact on mountain lions and calls for alternative conservation funding.
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Calif: $114M Wildlife Crossing faces budget overruns and delay to late 2026
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, currently being built over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, a city situated in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, is reportedly facing a major budget increase and a revised completion date.
Newsom Gets Absolutely Wrecked After He Tries to Defend $114 Million Unfinished Butterfly Bridge and Claims FL and TX Have Same Problems
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be our president. Oh, granted, he hasn’t announced yet. However, if you think what he’s doing now is just a really high-profile book tour […] The post Newsom Gets Absolutely Wrecked After He Tries to Defend $114 Million Unfinished Butterfly Bridge and Claims FL and TX Have Same Problems appeared first on The Western Journal.
Newsom under fire for insanely overbudget 'wildlife bridge to nowhere' boondoggle · American Wire News
California Governor and presidential wannabe Gavin Newsom is under fire for a “wildlife bridge to nowhere” boondoggle. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC) project broke ground in 2022 and was promoted as a massive overpass for animals spanning above ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California, the New York Post reported. At the time, Newsom said the state (taxpayers) committed $54 million to the project and estimated another $1…
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