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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
It’s called not enough north-south road capacity in The Villages. Your only choices to go south of 44 are Morse and 301. Buena Vista dead ends at 44. At the rate houses are being built south of 44 the traffic isn’t going to get any better. Current plans are for more than 50,000 more houses in the ‘south end’ by 2028.
Traffic such as you’re experiencing is one of the reasons we moved here from ‘up north’.One suggestion might be to figure out how to minimize or eliminate trips from south of 44 to other locations in the northern end of The Villages. Find all the things you need further south—or take the Toll Road or I-75 and shop or eat in Ocala.
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Buena Vista is being extended to intersect with Meggison which may help. But for now, you can take a right at 44 off of Buena Vista and take Meggison.
Meggison will eventually go down to Rte 470, (Central Blvd) but for now, you can take a right on Warm Springs, a left on Marsh Bend Trail to go all the way to 470.
Another traffic problem on 301 is due to the dirt racing track. When there is a big competition it is backed up in both directions for miles. These are usually on Saturdays so I avoid 301 on Saturdays.
Both 301 and Marsh Bend Trail are being widened to four lanes. It will probably be quite a while before that happens. If you live in the southern area, you'l eventually find ways to get around while avoiding traffic.
One of the routes I'll often take when I have to or want to go up north is to take Meggison up to 44, turn left and then turn right on Powell. Powell eventually intersects with 301 avoiding a lot of the high traffic areas.