A person who was injured after crashing into a moose almost 25 years ago is at a loss to understand why government does not do relatively simple and inexpensive things to help reduce the risk of such situations on our highways.

Eugene Nippard, who formed “Save Our People Action Committee” to lobby governments in that regard, says this year has been terrible on the roads regarding moose-vehicle crashes, some of which have resulted in fatalities.

The provincial government continues to add fencing along parts of the TCH to prevent crossings, but advancement is slow and measured.

Nippard says it was a long battle to get the brush cut back in Terra Nova National Park, but it’s time to do it again.

“We did get it cut 30 feet back – thank you, but now it’s up again, and it’s only a matter of time before we have another fatality in the park. Sad to say.”

He would have preferred to see the brush removed 80 feet back.

He says government people drive the highway all the time, and they know the dangers.

“Politicians can get killed as well as anyone, and we have had an MP killed (Morrissey Johnson). We don’t want our loved ones killed,” he told VOCM Open Line.

Even Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced the moose population during a recent visit to Gros Morne National Park, calling it the moose capital of the world.