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Originally Posted by mikeod
That's why I think the wording was unfortunate. The paths aren't public as the streets are. But they are available to public use because it is not worth the trouble to either make them gated or police them to check for Villages IDs.
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Not to beat a dead horse, but there is a consistency issue here. The multi-modal paths are not public. Neither are the executive golf courses. A year or two ago, supervision was added in the late hours of the day on exec courses because non-residents were using the courses in those hours. ID checks at rec centers and pools are more common than they were some years ago. So, regardless of how much enforcement is provided at present, should the use of multi-modal paths by non residents be addressed or not? In recent years, entrances to the paths, in Chatham and adjacent to the Belmont exec. course for example, have been added, giving non-residents easy access. When the path next to Lowes is paved, Stonecrest residents will have direct cart access to The Villages. Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe it does.
For those who think the paths cannot be controlled, I think a study would show there are relatively few places a cart can enter from outside TV. Those points could be gated, opened only with a resident card. Non-residents would have no legitimate argument about the path gates, as they do about those on public roadways.