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Old 03-19-2025, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DrMack View Post
I wonder who decided it was OK to change a through road to a slow speed residential convenience. 470 used to be a straight shot to 75. Now it’s a painful residential slow down.
Maybe the Wildwood Commissioners or maybe the Sumter County Commissioners after being presented with a plan to replace the empty fields the road traveled through with $1.2B(!) of taxable properties each year.
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