The Arizona Department of Transportation received a $1.25 million federal grant. It's to build bridges for squirrels so they won't be run over crossing the roads. The money is restricted, and can't be used for improvements that might benefit the people of Arizona. The Arizona DOT says they'll return the money rather than spend it on squirrels. If they did use it for that, I suppose they'd have to get another grant to teach the squirrels to use the bridges. Or maybe they could just teach them to look both ways before they cross the street.
They might want to suggest to the squirrels that they migrate to Washington. There seems to be an over-abundance of nuts there!
"Arizona won't build bridges for squirrels." The Dallas Morning News; June 19, 2010; p. 2A.
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