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Originally Posted by mrdarcy
1). Colony Blvd lies within The Villages District 7, but I heard no discussion yesterday regarding which individuals or entities designed the roads in the area surrounding Colony Plaza and The Colony Rec Center.
(Do I personally think mistakes were made when the Colony area was designed? Yes. Do I think The Villages is the most unique and amazingly designed retirement community yet developed in this country? Yes. I also understand that when projects on magnitude of scope and scale of The Villages are without precedent, an above average number of mistakes is more likely---"good judgement is based on experience and experience is based on poor judgement." I was recently at The Kennedy Space Center. Not all of our rocket launches were executed perfectly.)
2) The Morse family has already agreed to contribute $100K of the projected $250K cost of installing the traffic signal. Per Janet Tutt, 90% of the infrastructure needed for installation of the traffic signal is already in place, which will enable installation to commence expeditiously once the PWC board approved this option at yesterday's meeting. It is anticipated that the light will be in place and operational prior to summer 2014.
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I agree with you up to a point. The Colony Plaza did have a precedent, however - Southern Trace. In terms of automobile traffic and golf cart traffic, volumes appear similar. A simple vehicle count to determine average volumes at that plaza would have given good numbers that would have resulted in a far different outcome at Colony. I suspect that either the Town or County may have been responsible for reviewing site plans originally as part of the permit process, and ultimately the ball would have been in their court to determine if The Developer's traffic impact study was correct. Having been involved in review of these studies in my previous career, it has often been the case that Developers try to cut corners to save money. A good reviewer during the permit process will not allow that to happen. Seems like something fell through the cracks in this case, and we the residents are on the hook for $150,000 plus the ongoing costs of flaggers at the intersection.