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Normal 02-22-2023 11:19 AM

Uh Oh, 462 Nightmare
 
It’s no secret 462 is having a lot of traffic problems Northwest of 466A between St Vincent DePaul and 301. Church services demand the attention of police officers prior to and after services to expedite traffic flow several time periods a week. The road is of course just 2 lanes. Soon there will be more retail in the area and hundreds more residential domiciles utilized right along this corridor. In addition, yes, there was just more ground broken along the road for yet more multi family dwellings. Adding to the situation are church attendances increasing to the point of more than 1000 parishioners to some services. The road can’t be widened. What was Wildwood thinking of when they OKed the situation?

Laker14 02-22-2023 11:24 AM

What were they thinking?

They were thinking "more is better!"

JohnN 02-22-2023 11:46 AM

Let'$ $ee, perhap$ they were wanting more $ati$fied re$ident$.

I try hard to avoid that area now and forever.

VApeople 02-22-2023 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2190454)
What was Wildwood thinking of when they OKed the situation?

Maybe they wanted us to appreciate how wonderfully The Villages has designed its highway system.

We often drive to the Wildwood area. My wife likes the post office there, we both love the barbeque from Oakwood, we like going to the ACE hardware, and we enjoy going to Sparrs. We often drive along 462 and we agree that it is going to be a nightmare.

Keefelane66 02-22-2023 01:39 PM

We avoid the area Saturday evenings and Sunday. More of a travel issue on 466a East and West DAILY.

Stu from NYC 02-22-2023 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2190455)
What were they thinking?

They were thinking "more is better!"

Why was Morse Blvd north of 466 not made as 4 lane road? Developer got most things right but not this one.

VApeople 02-22-2023 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2190492)
Why was Morse Blvd north of 466 not made as 4 lane road?

Probably because they did not realize how big The Villages would become.

When we were planning to move here in 2016, we did not even consider any house that would require driving along that part of Morse Road.

villagetinker 02-22-2023 02:00 PM

Wildwood also missed the boat when they reconstructed 466a, and left it at 3 lanes (2 travel 1 chicken), this should have been 4 lanes with dedicated left turn lanes, just my humble opinion.

Suzay 02-23-2023 05:55 AM

Cha ching !
More i s better!

Get real 02-23-2023 06:49 AM

They just want money. None of the elected boneheads live there so it doesn't affect them.

Bridget Staunton 02-23-2023 07:57 AM

Don’t forget there are 8 churches on 462 including St Vincent and those churches have a fairly large congregation. We must get used to traffic unfortunately

airstreamingypsy 02-23-2023 08:01 AM

It took me 10 minutes yesterday, to drive from the curve on 462 to the light at 466A. Wildwood only allows churches to be built on 462 apparently, and the brilliant minds on the Wildwood commission have let building churches and housing go unrestrained. I'm afraid the damage is done.

Bilyclub 02-23-2023 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by villagetinker (Post 2190495)
Wildwood also missed the boat when they reconstructed 466a, and left it at 3 lanes (2 travel 1 chicken), this should have been 4 lanes with dedicated left turn lanes, just my humble opinion.

My theory is that they want a slow traffic flow, especially thru the residential area.

Stu from NYC 02-23-2023 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilyclub (Post 2190689)
My theory is that they want a slow traffic flow, especially thru the residential area.

I think you are giving them too much credit.

Tvflguy 02-23-2023 08:48 AM

Why can’t the road be widened?


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