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Originally Posted by Justputt

As someone who is in Dabney, it's a run to get up to Sawgrass to cross the turnpike MMP and then further to get to Eastport. I had hoped they'd do something with 470, but 470 is the on/off ramp to the turnpike, so that'll never happen. There's an underpass a little south at 48, but nothing on the other side and not really any closer or quicker to Eastport. I guess we're just going to have to go the old fashion way in a car, lol. I've had to do worse.

The other side of 470 is owned by the Villages. The land won’t just sit there. Don’t forget they have plans to develop all the way southeast to Honeycutt Lake. The main issue will be Lake County laws which prohibit roundabouts. There won’t be another Central Parkway. Crossing 470 at this point by cart would require an act of congress. There’s no inkling of Lake County caving to a reroute like Sumter County caved to. Leesburg and the surrounding communities want nothing to do with more development. They are a lot like Marion. The Villages won’t ever run their government with a majority. If it became connected great; but right now it looks to be more like Oxford.