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Old 01-11-2024, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Altavia View Post
They opened the MMP's recently to Middleton under similar construction conditions about 2 months after landscaping was completed along the MMP's.

The MMP from Reagan Rd to McNeil is in work, base layer is complete, irrigation and landscaping are in work.

I suspect Don's March/April estimate is close.
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Originally Posted by Dond1959 View Post
The connection of Corbin to McNeil up to Southern Oaks bridge is a big deal to those in the Fenney, DeSoto, McClure, Monarch Grove areas. This will cut a lot of time off travel to Southern Oaks golf and Sawgrass in a cart. It will also dramatically cut the time for those golfers coming from the Sawgrass area and south over to the executive courses in the Fenney area. I know the general rule is to not open in a construction area but the MMP was open during construction on Meggison and with the opening from Middleton to the Southern Oaks bridge.

I have not driven down from the Fenney area to the Moultrie Creek championship course in a cart yet but I don’t think my group will be playing that course until Corbin is open. Maybe they figure enough support for Moultrie Creek will come from existing golfers to the east of the turnpike. It was interesting to see the developer put up a fence at the end of Corbin to prevent carts from using the roads before they were open. I had seen a lot of carts using the roads before they were open. Not surprising given the time savings but not a risk I would want to take.
I just flew over this area again today. Yes it would be nice if it was open but it's not and it's not going to be for probably a few more months. There is lots of heavy equipment working the three golf courses and the residential areas on the south/west side of McNeil, so it is still a very dangerous area there.

The path to Moultrie Creek was open for one reason and one reason only, SALES. They wanted to start moving the lots for the customer builds and drum up interest in the new area and they best way to do that is let people look around. They are not stupid, they know that a substantial share of new custom builds come from existing homeowners and these homeowners will spend more time shopping for a lot in their golf cart. Open the cart path = increased sales. That's how this business works.

Mark my words, it will only be a short time between the sales starting in Well Point and this cart, oops, multimodal path opens.
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