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'Mammal ledges' built beneath new A421 dual carriageway (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Ledges have been installed in small drainage tunnels beneath a road improvement project to provide safe passage for small animals.

The mammal ledges have been built in several culverts beneath the new A421 dual carriageway, between the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire.

National Highways said they created "dry pathways that enable wildlife to pass safely underneath the road without entering the water".

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago

Nice use of space! Thanks, NH. Hope the animals enjoy it.

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    [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    ... I could have swore people were mammals too, and yet, hostile architecture is also a thing.

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    [–] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah that's gonna turn into a homeless people hotspot

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They are also mammals, for what it's worth.

    But also putting in literally any effort at housing everyone would solve this.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Also like besides it just being humane... When everyone is housed, you don't see the homeless so the selfish among us should be happier too. Better aesthetics.

    But tbf not all homeless people are willing to comply with rules like no alcohol or no drugs. Where I come from, we mostly have homeless people on the streets in the summer. In the winter they go to shelters because it's too cold and that outweighs the ability to get drunk.

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