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Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Great video, Don. I might have missed this before but, why did they not build dedicated/separated cart paths when building the Warm Springs Bridge over the Turnpike?

The building of the second span over the Turnpike for CR468 (Warm Springs Ave) was in the planning for many years to support a new turnpike exit. I move to Fl in 2006 to work a project on the Turnpike for my company and we were discussing the exit regularly at project meetings with the Florida Turnpike Enterprise. At the time of planning and construction there was no requirement for a golf cart crossing at this location since expansion plans by The Villages were kept very very quiet. The "they" to build the cart path lanes would have been the FTE/FDOT and the state, without a need or mandate there was no reason to consider these lane(s).

In theory there is room for a cart path on the north span (my video on this My Connectivity Theory 3-9-20 - YouTube) but it's unlikely now that it will ever occur. Perhaps when the south span is replaced/renovated in the future additional capacity for a cart path could be added but the cost for this would have to be paid for from either county or private (developer/CDD) funds, so it is also unlikely to happen.