New Brunswick’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure wants to install “wildlife reduction reflectors” as a way to reduce collisions with moose.
Moose collisions slightly increased over 5-year period, minister says
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 02, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Chuck Chiasson, the province’s minister of transportation and infrastructure, said he would like to set up wildlife reduction reflectors along Route 17 between Saint-Quentin and Saint-Léonard. (Sam Farley/CBC)
The New Brunswick government is considering installing “wildlife reduction reflectors” as a cost-effective way to reduce moose collisions.
Chuck Chiasson, the province’s minister of transportation and infrastructure, said he would like to set up the reflective posts along Route 17 next year, between Saint-Quentin and Saint-Léonard.
Chiasson said the reflectors, which help illuminate the side of the road, would be set up 100 metres apart along the roadside, which would make it easier for drivers to see large animals at night.
“Despite the mitigations that have already been put in place, there has really been no change in the amount of collisions year over year,” he said.
According to Chiasson,
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