Koalas and wildlife running the gauntlet on Hogbin Drive?

Hogbin Drive leads through coastal bush and wetland near Coffs Harbour airport and has been a wildlife squasher for a long time. Now that the 'fauna exclusion fence" is almost complete, motorists can speed without 'obstacles' getting in their way. The three kilometres of fencing was meant to prevent the killing of five koalas per year and many injured wildlife.

"It was a tragedy to see a dead koala on Hogbin Drive on Sunday, April 28th just north of the airport roundabout especially after fencing was put up on either side of the road. All that money spent by the council just to create a gauntlet that koalas cant get out of once they have scaled the fencing."

The other day, part of the not yet completed fence was destroyed by a vehicle. Today a large wallaby was trapped and killed on the inside of the road. The gene flow of local biodiversity is now even more restricted than before, but the free flow of traffic is an absolute priority.
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Making things safer for Coffs Harbour koalas on the go
https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Your-Council/Newsroom/Making-things-safer-for-Coffs-Harbour-koalas-on-the-go

City of Coffs Harbour, Koala Register, where people can track and record local sightings. (of roadkill?)
https://haveyoursay.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Koala-Register
#koalas #wildlife #roads #HabitatFragmentation #fences #cars #crashes #roadkill #fatalities #airport #GeneFlow #MobilityDesign #NSWKoalaStrategy