The Colorado Department of Transportation will soon begin installing wildlife fencing along a stretch of Highway 82 south of Glenwood Springs that sees a high incidence of wildlife-vehicle collisions, the Aspen Times reports.

The project, to begin Monday, Sept. 14, will include the installation of about 15,869 linear feet of 8-foot-high fence on the west side of the highway, between mile markers 7 and 11, in the Aspen Glen area between Carbondale and Glenwood in Garfield County. It will also complete the fencing — about a mile’s worth — on the east side of the highway along this stretch.

The project will also involve construction of six wildlife escape ramps on the west side and two on the east side. The escape ramps provide deer and elk that are trapped within the wildlife-fenced highway right of way with a better means to cross back over the fencing to escape the highway and vehicles. The earthen ramps are 6 feet high and constructed into a cut-out in the fence, on the highway side. Animals can run up the one-way ramp and jump back down to safety.

Read the entire article at the Aspen Times.