04.12.2025 11:55
In the United States, an underpass called the "Love Tunnel" has been built to allow endangered wood frogs, spring peepers, and gray tree frogs to safely cross the road during their mating season. The teams, which completed their work by adding aluminum guiding barriers, reported a significant decrease in fatalities. In recent years, a similar call was made in Turkey, where a request for a tunnel for frogs was made in the Domaniç district of Kütahya.
A special underpass has been built in the Suffolk region of New York to ensure that endangered frog species can safely cross during their mating season. Brookhaven Highway Director Dan Losquadro stated that the project is a first on Long Island and cost approximately $40,000.
ADDITIONS MADE FOR SAFE PASSAGE
After the project was completed, a new aluminum guidance barrier was added to make the tunnel more functional. This fence prevents frogs from entering the heavily trafficked road and directs them safely into the tunnel.
HUNDREDS OF FROGS WERE BEING RUN OVER EVERY YEAR
Wood frogs, spring peepers, and gray tree frogs living in the area had to use the main road to cross to the other side from the drying eastern pond during their mating season every year. This mandatory crossing resulted in hundreds of frogs being run over and killed by vehicles each year.
A SIMILAR VOICE HAS BEEN RAISED IN TURKEY
Not only in the USA but a similar situation is occurring in Turkey as well. In the Domaniç district of Kütahya, frogs migrating to mate for about 5,000 years are crossing the Domaniç-İnegöl highway by jumping between fast-moving vehicles on each other's backs.
"TUNNEL-SHAPED UNDERPASSES SHOULD BE BUILT"
Domaniç Mayor Sahvet Ertürk emphasized in a statement made in previous years that they are saddened by the deaths of frogs being run over while crossing the road and that they will apply to the Highways for this issue. He stated, "As a solution, we believe that the General Directorate of Highways should build tunnel-shaped underpasses at the crossing points of frogs to prevent these creatures from perishing."