Gavin Newsom’s $114 Million Butterfly Bridge

A Southern California overpass “for everything from monarch butterflies to mountain lions” is overdue and over budget.

In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California. At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to “complete the job within another $10 million,” before seemi…