N.B. father applauds moose fence plan

The father of a woman killedwhen her car collided with a moose is applauding the government's decision tobuild 33 kilometres of moose fencingacrossnorthern New Brunswick.

Dalhousie residentReid MacPherson's23-year-old daughter, Angie, died in 1999 near Belledune.She washeading home from university for Thanksgiving when she hit a moose.

"Itwas after that accident that I couldn't [stand to] see this happening to anybody else on our highways in New Brunswick and that it had become quite a problem," he said. "Granted, we put the highway through where the moose are, but we have to protect the moose and protect ourselves and there's no doubt about it.

"I think we're on the right track, and when we got the announcement it was just a great feeling," he said.

The fencing will lineHighway 8 from Miramichi north to Bartibog, go along Highway 11 from Allardville to Bathurst and between Petit Rocher and Belledune, and will connect with a five-kilometre electric fence built six years ago, Transportation Minister Denis LandrysaidFriday.

It'sall meant to keep moose, bears and other animals off highways.

The work will cost $75,000 per kilometre, or $2.5 million. Construction will begin this June.

Shortly after being elected, the Liberals announced 26 kilometres of fencing for an area between Saint John and Fredericton.

During the election campaign, the Liberals promised to erect 300 kilometres of wildlife fencing over the next two years.