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This is simply a Public Safety Announcement encouraging people not to drive their golf carts through the entrance/exit gates at Marsh Bend behind Magnolia plaza. I’ve witnessed three occurrences in as many trips over the past week. The latest was this evening and the golf cart using the entrance gate created a hazardous and potentially dangerous situation.

Admittedly, the area can be somewhat busy and the golf cart owners may have missed the signs stating that golf carts aren’t permitted on Marsh Bend Trail on the outside of the gates at Marsh Bend.

On every occasion that I have seen a golf cart using the gates, they entered Marsh Bend Trail from the access driveway behind Magnolia plaza. I prefer to believe that folks are just curious about the Publix progress and simply didn’t know any better. After all, the roadway at the gates into and out of DeSoto/Fenney are shared between golf carts and cars. It stands to reason that a golf cart driver might assume the same for Marsh Bend.

Again, just a PSA encouraging folks to keep an eye out for signs and be careful in that area. Publix opens in a couple of weeks and I expect a significant increase in golf carts going to/from Magnolia plaza. I wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt or get a ticket from the Wildwood police.