 Following the opening of U.S. 460 Corridor Q, Breaks Interstate Park has observed an increase in car and elk collisions. I spoke with Park Superintendent Austin Bradley to learn more about the issue. When the new section opened between, again, Breaks and Southern Gap, we started becoming aware of and then also responding ourselves to accidents involving motor vehicles and elk. They are drawn to the area, the elk are drawn to the area because of basically abundance of food. Elk are a grazing animal. They grass, there's lots of grass along the shoulder of that road project. And so it was an abundance of animals along the new road. What we were afraid of started to happen. Over five collisions have occurred in the last 30 days in the area. No major injuries were reported, but several elk were killed as a result. Basically what we're encouraging people to do is just slow down, be vigilant along that section that goes all the way from Southern Gap to Elkhorn City. Another thing that draws them onto the road is the use of road salt to melt snow and ice. The speed limit is 55 at night without president on the roadway. That's just too fast to go through that section. And so we're hoping with our social media posts that we could raise awareness that people just need to slow down below 55 and just really be watching not only in front of them, but also to the sides for elk stepping out onto the roadway. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.