Bexley Trail Bridge Open
 

Crossed over via bike this AM and all the barriers are removed at Meggison and Bexley RA near Sawgrass.

https://youtu.be/Vlb8mV0_VE4

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Yes! We have been over it a couple of times in the past weeks. Makes getting to Tampa quicker!

Is the MMP open as well?

nope

The Eastport area is what The Villages is all about. Very impressive.

The MMP side of the bridge won’t open for quite awhile yet because of incomplete MMP paths on west side of bridge. Don Wiley talks about it in his last video #130.

Is there any place to go in a golf cart down there yet?

Couple weeks ago we drove down to Middleton. Dump trucks, commercial large vehicles were every 3-5 minutes. A golf cart would be a Lego piece waiting to be stepped on

A couple of weeks ago we drove our golf cart over the bridge just because. We turned around at the first rotary. On a Sunday when there is typically not a lot of work going on. No place to go with the cart, just joyriding.

It didn’t open until today, so the barricades with road closed signs were only suggestions?

Not really. Construction everywhere. The new schools are impressive! A park and walking trails are open. To me, looks likes the new homes in Middleton are selling slow.

Used it for a shortcut from Panasoffkee area yesterday. It saves about 6 minutes.

Entitlement runs wild again.

No the MMP is not open yet, however I did notice the double yellow line on the portion of the MMP that is finished!

On know Don mentioned that there is no place to go on the other side but I would respectfully disagree. A lot of us that live south of the turnpike would benefit from the MMP to the existing areas. Right now, we have only one choice to cross the turnpike on the Water Lilly bridge so someone living in Fenney would need to go all the way to that bridge and then back down to go to Sawgrass or Southern Oaks....

Massive construction project
 

Amazing video showing how huge the project is. Reminds me of reading about the Hanford and Oak Ridge construction projects. Hard to imagine the planning and supervision required.

Don't start something you can't finish........:boxing2:

Especially when the extension from Corbin Trail meets up with Bexley trail.

Does anyone know when Corbin Trail will be open through to connect to Bexley? I haven't heard anything about the northern connectors to Eastport yet.

Absolutely those of us south of Warm Springs and those around Sawgrass and south can’t wait for the MMP to open with connections to Corbin. It will shave 20 minutes off my cart trip from DeSoto to Sawgrass and Southern Oaks. It will also save a lot of time for those Villagers around Sawgrass and south getting to the golf courses in the Fenney area.

Doesn't look like that to me.

It would have been nice to have an exit and entrance ramp for the highway

The Developer typically doesn't announce until ready to open. The video forecast San Tropez Rec center opening early next year.

Stormwater and deep utilities are in and they just poured curbs for the streets.

If I recall correctly, similar areas took around 3-4 months from this stage.

Keep an eye on the GoldWingnut videos.

I sold my car before I came because of golf cart access. It takes me 49 minutes to get to public’s over waterlily.

You did know how far your house would be befor you made the purchase.

Dam, we can get to 5 Publix, 2 Win Dixie, 3 Walmart, Aldi, Sprouts, and Fresh Market all within a 25 minute cart ride, with two Publix and Win Dixie within 10 minutes. Bummer, hope more shopping is built near you.

You should go to the Publix at the Lake Deaton Plaza on 44 and Morse. Just take the Morse path north and cross over the Chitty Chatty bridge and you are eight there. That would have to be 20 minutes closer than the one at Magnolia Plaza.