Just took Marsh Bend Trail to the turnpike...
 

What were they thinking???

Elaborate?

I suspect connectivity to Eastport and Middleton had a lot to do with it......don't think the turnpike was the driver.

Take Meggison.

Probably helping to pump over two billion dollars a year into the local economy.

Very pretty drive, four lane divided highway with the traffic calming design makes it a much safer relative to the old 470 drag strip.

McNeil will be a faster path from Meggison via the Sawgrass bridge when that road is complete.

Well, the previous route down Marsh Bend to 470 was a straight shot south and then a straight shot east. The temporary junction there was poorly designed and dangerous, but at least you did not have go through the maze that's there now. And I guess the traffic on 470 east has to go through the same maze now.

We never liked going down 501 and turning left on 470 to reach the turnpike because, like you, we thought the cars and trucks treated it like a drag strip.

We will see if the "traffic calming design" of the new road will work, or if the locals will treat the several roundabouts and curves like the drivers did in the Monaco Grand Prix last week.

No, 470 east is intact to MBT so Eastport and the new schools can be bypassed as a straight shot.

Turn right just before the roundabout at the end of MBT.

There are 2-3 new roundabouts planned for MBT with widening to 4 lanes. Looks like (some?) southbound road will have bypass lanes.

while strange @ first, it's a significant improvement to what was there :ho:

Came across 470 coming back from Tampa yesterday. Design isn't about thru traffic, its about connecting the various parts of the new parts of the Villages when everything is completed down south. I believe it will really be nice when done. A lot safer than what was there before.

The new issue will be truck traffic heading east towards Leesburg from I-75. That commercial traffic may not enjoy the calming effect of the "new" 470.

Perhaps there will be a new direct route farther south.

I'm sure they will. Good luck keeping those tractor trailers and dump trucks in their own lanes. I also see many of them rolling over!

Are we supposed to read your mind?

Monaco for sure.
 

Why should they be any different than any of the roundabouts?

It is a retorical question.