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Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek
The easiest fix would be to make the roundabouts one lane only. Traffic should have no issues during the non-snowbird season when The Villages is not at full capacity.
I do understand that they were designed as two lanes due to the traffic volumes.
I do understand your concern and my wife and I had many discussions when we come back "on campus". We drive 466A to BV Blvd north and take the ST. James gate to enter The Villages. We legally go into the inner or left lane and 3/4ths around change over into the Residents gate. Lots of times, due to traffic and yielding to some cars that don't know or are a bit more aggressive, we just stay in the left lane and go thru the Visitor gate.
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I've come to prefer the visitor gate not only for safety due to not changing lanes as in the OP, but also for convenience.
It lifts just the same as the resident gate with the electronic card, and...
the visitor electronic eye is usually farther from the gate itself than is the eye on the resident side.
This allows me to arrive at the eye quicker, gives me lead time to roll while the gate opens, does not force another lane merge after entry (as does the resident side)...
and I'm usually not in line as are more folks using the resident side. It expedites traffic all over TV if people use whichever gate is not backed up.
(My guess is the visitor gate is straighter and more direct because construction and trades traffic uses it for big vehicles.)