I think The Developer missed a prudent opportunity when they didn't put a tunnel under Meggison at Saw Grass during construction.
When Eastport and Middleton open up, there will be two paths for everyone North to get there; Water Lily Bridge and Baxley/Bexley Bridge. To get to either, you need the Meggison MMP. To use the bridge near Saw Grass, you'll have to cross Meggison. Meggison, as I understand, will continue on to new Villages and intersect with 470. I don't see how the traffic won't be heavy as time goes on (for cars and carts).
As far as carts on Meggison, yeah, I agree it is dangerous. I know someone who crossed on a car near Citrus and got t-boned. She admitted fault, but had the Developer just continued the MMP all the way, there would be less danger.
The inevitable mass crossing at Saw Grass/Citrus Grove will be interesting to watch.
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Originally Posted by Rainger99
The other day, I drove from Brownwood to see the new rec center at Homestead. Meggison Road starts at Brownwood and ends at Homestead so you are on Meggison the entire way. From Brownwood down to the Southern Oaks golf course, golf carts are not allowed on Meggison. That is because there is a MMP (multi-modal path) adjacent to Meggison for that entire length. However, at Southern Oaks, for some reason, the MMP ends and golf carts are forced to drive on Meggison to get to Homestead.
Does anyone know why they have the safe MMP for the first 7 or 8 miles and then they force golf carts on to the roads with cars for the last mile? From what I have read, putting golf carts on the same roads as cars is a problem. When you go north of 466 on Morse, cars and carts are on the same road and there have been a number of golf carts involved in deadly accidents. I had thought that the developer had learned from this and that was the reason that golf carts are not allowed on the main roads (Morse south of 466, Buena Vista, and Meggison). Does anyone have an explanation? It looks like an accident waiting to happen.
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