I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but having worked in the permit sector in New York State for a number of years, we found numerous instances of corner cutting. That is a fact. I wouldn't expect things to be any different in Florida. Whether our Developer cuts corners to save money, is anyone's guess, since we do not have access to the permit studies and documents. No one accuses the county or town of skulduggery. If anything, they were not equipped, personnel-wise, to deal with reviews of a development of this size. It may just have been beyond their scope of expertise. Or maybe the permit process is different here in Florida, and they were not involved at all. Of course this is all conjecture. The whole point of my post, that most seem to have missed, is that it is not rocket science to determine traffic volumes and mitigation particularly when you have Southern Trace as a perfect example to draw from. In my engineering opinion, this was a mistake that should never have happened, and the residents are now getting stuck with the bill.
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