Les Brucardes debuts squirrel crossings to facilitate their movement

The Sant Fruitós de Bages City Council installs two elevated crossings to connect wooded areas and reduce wildlife roadkill risk.

Generic image of a rope bridge between trees over a road.
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Generic image of a rope bridge between trees over a road.

The Sant Fruitós de Bages City Council has installed two rope bridges in the Les Brucardes urbanization to facilitate squirrels' crossing between wooded areas, reducing the risk of them being run over.

The two crossings have been placed at strategic points where the ropes connect trees on both sides of the street: one on Avinguda de Les Brucardes, near the hermitage, and another on Carretera de Les Brucardes, near Carrer de Bon Temps.
This initiative responds to a proposal from the residents of Les Brucardes selected in the 2025 participatory budgets, which suggested creating a system of ropes to facilitate squirrel passage.
These elevated crossings allow squirrels to move between trees above the road, avoiding the need to descend to the ground and minimizing exposure to traffic. The measure aims to improve the compatibility between urbanized spaces and wildlife, contributing to the preservation of local biodiversity.
Based on information from the official source: Ajuntament de Sant Fruitós de Bages (21/10/2026)