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Originally Posted by cabo35

A bridge or tunnel would provide the safest solution to the traffic flow problem. They both come with extraordinary cost, maintenance and design issues (engineers, feel free to elaborate on utility relocation, costly and complicated multiple turning movement pattern designs and construction, height clearance issues for cars and trucks and long term maintenance specifics). Remember, the bridge/ tunnel options resolve north/south, east/west flow. What effect would it have on turning patterns with cars coming off the path onto the roadway or those accessing the bridge/tunnel from the roadway? Cloverleafs? At buildout, the flow will be greater than it is today.

The four way stop solution is clearly the cheapest but given the traffic volumes at peak hours, it would cause more problems than it solves. When the area is fully developed, I doubt the four way stop will resolve the problem and will likely exacerbate it. Just a humble opinion.

A traffic control signal with solar panels to supplement power supply and reduce recurring maintenance costs seems to be a fiscally responsible approach to the problem. The question I have is legal. Does Florida law permit traffic control devices where roadways and cart paths force cars and carts to commingle. It's mute with street legals but most Villages golf carts are not street legal. Enter the legal eagles please.

Of course there may be government regulations found in codes such as the Manual on Traffic Devices that may or may not permit the installation of devices to solve the problem. Is it a public road or private property? If it is a public road, there are copious state and federal codes and warrants that must be complied with. If they are private, local police cannot enforce red light or stop sign violations. That would seem to make any traffic control device, light or stop sign superfluous.

It is not my intention to cloud the issue…..just to point out the complexity of the realities that need to be considered for an informed solution.

There are some traffic signals in TV where carts have to come out of the diamond lane and commingle with traffic to go through the intersection. One such example is at St. Charles and Bailey Trail. Those are not privately owned streets, so perhaps that answers the legality question.