[schwarz]

Looks like potential improvements are being made in the gate system. Currently all for Boone gate appear to be down, and have been for some time. Every time I drive in through the gate or view others doing that, the attendant waves if they do anything at all, except for one lady who trys to slow folks down. Seems over the 16 or so hours the building is being staffed, we are paying around $200 a day to get waved at, while little or no attempt is made to enforce the stop sign that is prominently there. The intersection there has always been dangerous and is worse now than ever.
Put in a series of speed bumps and eliminate the staffing expense. We would all be safer that way.

[Keefelane66]

Between 466 and 466a it’s similar mostly unmanned gates just portable STOP SIGNS going on almost a month

[Mrs.Guy]

Originally Posted by schwarz

Looks like potential improvements are being made in the gate system. Currently all for Boone gate appear to be down, and have been for some time. Every time I drive in through the gate or view others doing that, the attendant waves if they do anything at all, except for one lady who trys to slow folks down. Seems over the 16 or so hours the building is being staffed, we are paying around $200 a day to get waved at, while little or no attempt is made to enforce the stop sign that is prominently there. The intersection there has always been dangerous and is worse now than ever.
Put in a series of speed bumps and eliminate the staffing expense. We would all be safer that way.

Boy, are they underpaid!!!!

[Keefelane66]

No kidding most are part time no benefits, no holiday pay, 2 weeks unpaid vacation, minimum wage if you are an occasional worker 2 days unpaid vacation. Been there done that I quit.
On the other hand Publix has a great benefits package but I don’t need to work

[starflyte1]

Originally Posted by schwarz

Looks like potential improvements are being made in the gate system. Currently all for Boone gate appear to be down, and have been for some time. Every time I drive in through the gate or view others doing that, the attendant waves if they do anything at all, except for one lady who trys to slow folks down. Seems over the 16 or so hours the building is being staffed, we are paying around $200 a day to get waved at, while little or no attempt is made to enforce the stop sign that is prominently there. The intersection there has always been dangerous and is worse now than ever.
Put in a series of speed bumps and eliminate the staffing expense. We would all be safer that way.

Sorry, I am against speed bumps. Any speed bump at any speed is very painful to many people with bad backs.

[rhood]

Y’all want some cheese to go with that whine ?

[schwarz]

Not looking for wine, just a more intelligent way to spend our amenity money. The attendants are supposed to stop everyone coming in at the stop sign not simply wave them through into the intersection. Sadly this is rarely if ever done.
There are I believe many dozens of gates that have attendants 16 hours a day, every day. You do the math.

[Priebehouse]

Originally Posted by schwarz

Not looking for wine, just a more intelligent way to spend our amenity money. The attendants are supposed to stop everyone coming in at the stop sign not simply wave them through into the intersection. Sadly this is rarely if ever done.
There are I believe many dozens of gates that have attendants 16 hours a day, every day. You do the math.

I believe these attendants have a purpose. However, and apparently in this case, some of these folks don't take the job as seriously as they should. If this gatekeeper does not stop vehicles like they are supposed to for safety's sake, they should be reported to their bosses at Community Watch. That person or persons should be counseled or fired. Granted, they may not be making enough to buy a house, but it's a JOB...it's what you applied for...there are rules to follow.

[Ski Bum]

Speeds bumps... in general, emergency services do not want/allow them in high traffic areas because they slow down response times.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Priebehouse

I believe these attendants have a purpose. However, and apparently in this case, some of these folks don't take the job as seriously as they should. If this gatekeeper does not stop vehicles like they are supposed to for safety's sake, they should be reported to their bosses at Community Watch. That person or persons should be counseled or fired. Granted, they may not be making enough to buy a house, but it's a JOB...it's what you applied for...there are rules to follow.

Isn’t that what OP should have done, reported to CW, rather than post on here?

[MrFlorida]

Well now, if the gate guards stopped every car, the next post would be complaining about how inconvenient that is...can't win.

[Lisanp@aol.com]

I love the friendly wave, and I believe that the "manned" gates do have a purpose in our community. I also think that those who complain about how money is spent here should just sell now while the market is hot and move on. Once you pay your nominal amenity fee, the money is no longer yours to allocate as YOU see fit. That is the difference between the villages and an HOA. When I visited "On Top of the World" I was literally yelled at by 3 separate people in a mere 2-hours. Maybe you will fit in well there? They seem like a grumpy bunch who spend their time complaining about how to "fix" things that they don't have any oversight of.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by schwarz

Looks like potential improvements are being made in the gate system. Currently all for Boone gate appear to be down, and have been for some time. Every time I drive in through the gate or view others doing that, the attendant waves if they do anything at all, except for one lady who trys to slow folks down. Seems over the 16 or so hours the building is being staffed, we are paying around $200 a day to get waved at, while little or no attempt is made to enforce the stop sign that is prominently there. The intersection there has always been dangerous and is worse now than ever.
Put in a series of speed bumps and eliminate the staffing expense. We would all be safer that way.

Here we go again.

[Pachine58]

You do know these roads are public roads and not owned by the villages. So technically the gate people can’t stop anyone from entering. You want speed bumps take it up with the city you live in.

[NotGolfer]

Gates are gone because the "chip system" is being up-graded. It's been in the newspaper and other social media. As far as speed bumps---that's been talked about innumerable times on ToTV. The "gate-keepers".....they have been too, ad-nauseum.