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I need help on ways that the environment and wildlife, along with the
people living around the area would be affected (to name a few). Any help
would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Advice on the damage to the land from construction, etc. would be great!
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Member since: January 07, 2008

Total points: 176 (Level 1)

The chief disadvantage of building a new highway is that it attracts
traffic. There has never been a new auxilliary highway that has ever
solved the problem of too much traffic.
EVERY highway and street that is "widened" to accommodate more traffic
only attracts more traffic and causes a bigger interlock traffic jam.
Most cities today have found that if they reduce the numbers of streets
and highways and NARROW their roadways, that the traffic congestion
problem diminishes!

With more traffic comes more development. Urban sprawl's largest
proponent is "better roads". Lots of highways is never beneficial to
agriculture. People come to the "country" to steal food and destroy crops
by playing in them. It is a much bigger problem than people might think!
In today's society after the 1980s, more highways brings more
"off-roaders" to attack the natural environment, which causes huge
problems in erosion and deforestation, because easier access creates more
incentive to go wherever one wants, like an urban explorer going berserk
"in the out-of-doors".

More highways brings more advertising billboards and street lights and
traffic lights. These cause night-blindness to many creatures, or it
confuses them. Mocking birds do not normally sing at night except on a
full moon. Modern street lights make them call out their territory at
night all night long all year long, which irritates many people. Sea
turtles lose track of their course and miss their egg-laying beaches.

More highways cause a cutting-off of migratory routes to land animals
such as snakes, lizards, rodents and so on, BUT, it also causes the
deaths of butterflies and birds who have no cognizance of moving
vehicles. Highways also cut off the migration routes of wolves, mountain
lions, oftentimes deer and other animals, particularly with freeways and
turn-pikes, but also with secondary roads. It was suggested, and tried on
a few highways, to design them with lots of bridges so animals can find a
way to migrate to mate and feed and "winter over". But the cost has been
frowned on, so the engineers have simply ignored the wildlife.

The exhaust of cars before the mandate for unleaded fuel was a prime
source of lead pollution and sulfer, both of which decimated forests in
California.

Unfortunately, road and highway construction seldom takes into account
the natural water run-off patterns and erosion problems they create.
Roads and highways often cause a channelization of natural water-ways to
re-route water in ways that are hostile to wildlife and plants. The
mentality of "engineering" is to get water out of the area as quickly as
possible, hence, concrete lined waterways that are straight and often
steep-sided and deep. There is no method to disperse water naturally to
the surrounding ecosystem!

Rip-rap (rock) to protect THE HIGHWAY often changes the water run-off
patterns and produces areas of dehydration of the soil, and a major
temperature increase of the surrounding area, which goes hand-in-hand
with the roadway also attracting sun-caused heat radiation. And, rip-rap
is a stumbling gauntlet that can break the legs of wildlife as well.

I do not know if Dr. Lee Waian (prounuced "wayne") has retired from the
Environmental Studies Department at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo,
California or not, but he is a good source of information if you can
contact him.

GreenPartyRon@mail.com

Asker's Rating: 5 out of 5

Asker's Comment:  This helped me a lot, thank you so much!

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<DIV class=3Dcontent>The chief disadvantage of building a new highway is th=
at it attracts traffic. There has never been a new auxilliary highway that =
has ever solved the problem of too much traffic.<BR>EVERY highway and stree=
t that is "widened" to accommodate more traffic only attracts more traffic =
and causes a bigger interlock traffic jam. Most cities today have found tha=
t if they reduce the numbers of streets and highways and NARROW their roadw=
ays, that the traffic congestion problem diminishes!<BR><BR>With more traff=
ic comes more development. Urban sprawl's largest proponent is "better road=
s". Lots of highways is never beneficial to agriculture. People come to the=
 "country" to steal food and destroy crops by playing in them. It is a much=
 bigger problem than people might think! In today's society after the 1980s=
, more highways brings more "off-roaders" to attack the natural environment=
, which causes huge problems in erosion and deforestation, because easier a=
ccess creates more incentive to go wherever one wants, like an urban explor=
er going berserk "in the out-of-doors".<BR><BR>More highways brings more ad=
vertising billboards and street lights and traffic lights. These cause nigh=
t-blindness to many creatures, or it confuses them. Mocking birds do not no=
rmally sing at night except on a full moon. Modern street lights make them =
call out their territory at night all night long all year long, which irrit=
ates many people. Sea turtles lose track of their course and miss their egg=
-laying beaches.<BR><BR>More highways cause a cutting-off of migratory rout=
es to land animals such as snakes, lizards, rodents and so on, BUT, it also=
 causes the deaths of butterflies and birds who have no cognizance of movin=
g vehicles. Highways also cut off the migration routes of wolves, mountain =
lions, oftentimes deer and other animals, particularly with freeways and tu=
rn-pikes, but also with secondary roads. It was suggested, and tried on a f=
ew highways, to design them with lots of bridges so animals can find a way =
to migrate to mate and feed and "winter over". But the cost has been frowne=
d on, so the engineers have simply ignored the wildlife.<BR><BR>The exhaust=
 of cars before the mandate for unleaded fuel was a prime source of lead po=
llution and sulfer, both of which decimated forests in California.<BR><BR>U=
nfortunately, road and highway construction seldom takes into account the n=
atural water run-off patterns and erosion problems they create. Roads and h=
ighways often cause a channelization of natural water-ways to re-route wate=
r in ways that are hostile to wildlife and plants. The mentality of "engine=
ering" is to get water out of the area as quickly as possible, hence, concr=
ete lined waterways that are straight and often steep-sided and deep. There=
 is no method to disperse water naturally to the surrounding ecosystem!<BR>=
<BR>Rip-rap (rock) to protect THE HIGHWAY often changes the water run-off p=
atterns and produces areas of dehydration of the soil, and a major temperat=
ure increase of the surrounding area, which goes hand-in-hand with the road=
way also attracting sun-caused heat radiation. And, rip-rap is a stumbling =
gauntlet that can break the legs of wildlife as well. <BR><BR>I do not know=
 if Dr. Lee Waian (prounuced "wayne") has retired from the Environmental St=
udies Department at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California or not,=
 but he is a good source of information if you can contact him.<BR><BR><A h=
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