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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Very difficult problem, and very costly engineering project to solve. Major issues include maintenance of drainage patterns, accommodation of traffic, and much more. Tunnels would be an option to traffic signals, but again, enormous expense. Extensive permitting requirements also. And best case scenario would take years before completion of construction. It's much easier and cheaper to design something like this during concept development than it is to retrofit.
None of this is intended to discourage attempts to deal with the situation. But there are no quick and easy solutions.
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Ho Polar Bear: You are spot on. However what is a life worth? How many more people have to be killed or seriously injured on this stretch of road before the county does something. Let just one of these mishaps cost the county thousands of dollars in a lawsuit settlement and they will act.
The design of this road is plain frightening. As i stated in another thread we have in The Villages many multi=modal roads and cart paths for a demographic that is slow and each year gets slower reaction times coupled with county controlled roads that are traveled by every age placing a convergence of different age groups experiences and vehicles all on the same road . This is not very good visionary thinking or planning in my view
Morse, Rio Grande and streets along that area are not well suited for golf cart travel as the diamond lanes are not level in many places and far too narrow.