Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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New Traffic Detour for Central Parkway/C-470
Starting Dec. 6, traffic on Central Parkway/C-470 will switch to a detour roadway to facilitate realignment construction. The detour will be a 2.3 mile segment ending near the connection with Marsh Bend Trail. The realignment improvements include the roundabout at Marsh Bend Trail and C-470, the connection of the old C-470 to Marsh Bend Trail
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As a Villager, I'm excited for Eastport and Middleton, but if I were a local outside the Villages, I wouldn't like this too much.
I work at a local public institution and I see daily how heavily traveled 470 is for folks coming off 75 and the Turnpike to get to Leesburg and the other towns. I can only imagine that they are going to strongly dislike this new inconvenience. From here out, 470 will never be the same for the locals. Quote:
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Today 470 is a two lane with no shoulders head-on risk death trap, not unusual to be passed by someone doing 90+. To get one car ahead...
And there have been horrific fatalities at the 470/501 intersection this will mitigate. Central Parkway will be a 4 Lane divided highway with traffic calming curves similar to Morse and Buena Vista. Reducing speed from 55 to 35 is less than a 5 min difference in drive time from 501 to the Turnpike. |
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Here's a map for what is planned for the area.
Think I saw where the Lake County part of 470 will remain a straight shot and upgraded to four Lanes. |
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The southern part of the county could use a more direct East West bypass similar to 466 and 466A for commercial traffic. |
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Morse and Bunea Vista speed limits are 35mph but most are driving 45mph. I suspect most vehicles will do the same on the new 470. Retirees apparently have places to go and things to do just like it was prior to retirement.
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This will be a minimum 6 months to years for this project. Morse and 466 was supposed to be quick.
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Just finish Meggison and all the problems are solved.
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But, I am no longer commuting to work. So, I am ok with the change.
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I agree. It doesn't look like they are going to need to re-route 470 for quite a while. Before doing that, they should complete Meggison.
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