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Originally Posted by jwilkin558@aol.com
I live in Spruce Creek South and I am able to drive my car everywhere in the Villages but can’t drive my golf cart there. Why? Because I would need a key card. Can someone please explain the rationale about this?
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Are you allowed to cross 27/441 in your golf cart?
I don't think that anyone owes you an explanation. The Villages has every right to determine who can used their multi modal paths.
But one answer is that about seven years ago, people from outside The Villages were coming in their golf carts and playing golf on our executive courses after hours. The starters and ambassadors would leave at 7:00 pm. In the summer there is more than enough time to play nine holes after 7:00. That is why The Villages decided to put up a gate. Originally it was a solid wall but many of The Villages residents complained that they couldn't get to the retail stores and medical facilities in their golf carts. Some residents do not have cars and only have their golf carts.
I know one woman who, at the time was working at Aldi. She did not have a drivers license and would take her golf cart to work. She was surprised when one morning there was a wall preventing her from getting to work. She was one of the thousands that complained. The result was the gate.
The property on which the medical facilities, Lowes, Wawa, Aldi Wal Mart and all of those other businesses is not part of The Villages nor is it part of Stonecrest, Spruce Creek or any other development. The people that own it have allowed golf cart traffic. I'm sure that it's in their best interest as it probably increases sales from The Villages and Stonecrest.
I don't know if people in Spruce Creek South are allowed the cross 27441in their golf carts to get over there or not. I do know that The Villages went through a lot of expense to build a golf cart bridge so that out residence can cross safely.