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Old 10-25-2010, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bike42 View Post
The language of this standard is so vague I cannot believe The Villages is spending $1 million to comply without other pressures or motives. Is there a public record of the meeting(s) where this was discussed and decided? Who raised the issue and what did they want to accomplish?
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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
ONE MILLION DOLLARS? Wouldn't it be cheaper to ask for a waiver for TV? Especially considering how often the gates will be knocked down by carts trying to squeeze through the mini-gap (or just forgetting they have changed).

Makes no sense to me.
Excellent questions, Bike and Red is on to something. What it the world would be accomplished. If not much in the way of safety, a waiver would seem sensible. It almost seems at first blush that safety would be compromised. I hope there's more to this than meets the eye.