Tunnels for Golf carts
 

What is the height of the tunnels in the Villages. Understand some are lower than others. What is the lowest tunnel and what is the clearance height?

Here is a list of all tunnel heights.
https://www.districtgov.org/communit...te%20Sheet.pdf



District website has a lot of useful information.
Village Community Development Districts

Please do not get a lifted golf cart, these have a high center of gravity and can tip over easily, lifted ones tip over easier than normal ones.

Even some of the stock carts are tall enough to be a concern. We looked at two electric carts that with particularly high tops. While there *should* be enough clearance in the shorter tunnels we chose not to take the chance.

Wow, there are two tunnels at Meggison and Warm Springs that are only 70” high. Did not know that. Now I’m going to have to measure my carts. I’m wondering if that’s a typo. That’s a foot shorter than the next shortest ones, which includes the infamous tunnel near Saddlebrook rec center that tops tend to scrape.

Must be a typo since I believe I have gone through both with no problem

I scrape my roof in that tunnel with a standard Star cart, unless I'm dead center. I'd hate to see what happens in a tunnel lower than Saddlebrook.

Same here...

The tunnel that goes under North Buena Vista by Harmswood is really low. The one by Saddlebrook is low but you can get through it with no touching of the ceiling.
We don't use them now that we have moved further south in The Villages.

I also have a Star Sirius….when I had the demo cart I scraped at Saddlebrook. I think if you stay close to the center and go slow it is not an issue. However, when you are riding solo pay extra attention, the cart will sway when cornering.

The graphic is missing the distance from the center to the side. I think the tunnels at Meggison are much wider than the one at Saddlebrook.

Center height not the number
 

Since it’s an arc, the critical height is one golf cart width from the center which could be an inch or two less.

That is definitely a typo, and I noticed it when that document was first published. Thought maybe they would correct it, but guess not? If those two tunnels were indeed only 70" tall, I would not be able to stand up inside them. They are significantly taller than that, as are all of the newer tunnels South of SR-44.

Did you get a response when you advised them of your concern when document was published?

Why not just measure it yourself??