The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting an evaluation for
opportunities to enhance the passage of wildlife across SR 29 near Owl Hammock in Collier
County. A 2.05-mile segment of SR 29 was identified to study locations and design concepts
for enhanced wildlife passage. Five alternative locations were evaluated to provide passage
across SR 29. The project is located in Collier County, Florida.

The evaluation segment is approximately 3.5 miles north of the intersection of SR 29 and
Oil Well Road. Within this evaluation segment, the Barron Canal (Photo 1) is adjacent to
SR 29 on the east side of the roadway. 

This segment was chosen for evaluation, as the Owl Hammock area is mapped as two Hot
Spot areas by the Southwest Florida Roads Panther Hot Spots Mapping Report (PRIT
Transportation Subteam, 2020). Hot Spots are assigned to road segments in which multiple
panther-vehicle collisions have occurred in clusters. Within this evaluation segment, nine
fatal panther-vehicle collisions have occurred.