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Originally Posted by champion6
Sumter County took action that ended the possibility of an interchange at CR468 and the turnpike. This is part of an article that appeared in the Daily Sun on Dec. 18, 2017:
"Commissioners ratified an agreement that acknowledged the Developer's final payment on a loan through Florida's Infrastructure Bank for the widening of U.S. Highway 301 south of CR 42 in Marion County. The agreement also codified the public-private partnership's decision to forego development of a limited interchange at CR 468 and the turnpike.
"It also releases the Florida Department of Transportation from Sumter County or The Villages from a date-certain improvement of the interchange of U.S. 301 and the turnpike at Wildwood," County Administrator Bradley Arnold told the Daily Sun. "This improvement will be processed as an outcropping of the FDOT's project development and environmental study, which will be concluded in 2018, to widen U.S. 301. So, this amendment will release The Villages from constructing the one-half interchange at CR 468 and the turnpike and acknowledged Sumter County's desire to eliminate the interchange, since the traffic will be better served by the future Buena Vista extension south of SR 44 to CR 470 and the utilization of the existing interchange at CR 470 and the turnpike."
Link to full article: Agreement Clears Path To Extend Buena Vista Boulevard - The Villages Daily Sun: Growth |
Thanks for the information, always fact, not rumor