[barb1191]

Just a bit of history...

When I purchased in Polo Ridge off Southern Trace in 2002, the gates at both ends of Southern Trace were locked. One needed a gate pass to enter either end of the road.

The only way one without a pass could enter any part of Polo Ridge was at the Glenview manned gate and then onto Oak Forest Drive (OFD) to Southern Trace. My guests and any deliveries or hired hands had to take this route of going thru the Glenview manned gate and onto OFD. EVERYONE WITHOUT A GATE PASS.

I don't know how long you have lived on OFD, Cliff, but at that time when I moved into Polo Ridge, the traffic was pretty heavy on your road until they opened both ends of Southern Trace a few years later.

I imagine that people living on Southern Trace can also feel the effects of heavy traffic since it's a shortcut from Buena Vista to Rte 466 in the Southern Trace Plaza, as well as Buffalo Ridge shopping area. Opening both ends of Southern Trace had to have lightened the traffic on OFD since the gates were accessable to all.

If you expect preferential treatment regarding traffic, there are many other streets that can claim the very same. With all due respect, I really feel that there is no way one street, owned by the County, can expect to be closed to the public. Along with the fact that there are many homes in that area who hire trades people, and such who are traveling that road to get to their destination within the OFD area.

Just a neighbor's point of view.....barb