Utah Eagle Mountain SR 73 Wildlife Crosswalk and Driver Warning System

The Utah Eagle Mountain SR 73 Mitigation Monitoring Project

The State Road (SR) 73 Eagle Mountain Wildlife Crosswalk and Animal Detection-Driver Warning System are part of an effort by Utah DOT and partners to limit mule deer movements over SR 73 to a specific crosswalk opening in the wildlife exclusion fence where a detection system warns drivers when mule deer are at the crosswalk entrances. The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate if the System reduces vehicle speeds and reduces WVC. Secondary objectives included quantitatively measuring the accuracy of the System for detecting wildlife, and categorizing and tallying mule deer movements at the crosswalk. The researchers use cameras traps to record mule deer presence on both sides of the road near the crosswalk, and Stalker traffic detector devices to measure vehicle speed.

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