Abstract
This paper describes the effects of the Kinki Expressway (Tsuruga Line, Maizuru Obama West interval) construction on the neighboring wildlife environment. It also presents an evaluation of the various countermeasures and monitoring techniques that were taken in order to reduce harm against a community of raptors. From the initial stages of the project, preservation measures for the raptors were taken into account, and a special committee was formed in order to examine the construction's effects. Raptor preservation in an expressway neighborhood is rare in Japan, but this project proved that with early planning and consideration for the raptors, construction could performed efficiently, and without having to make large-scale construction-method or structural changes to the highway.
