Does anyone know how many homes are south of 466? 1,500,000.00 sounds like a lot of money but just suppose there are 20,000 homes (there are about 50,000 in the entire Villages). If You divide 1,500,000. By 20,0000 that is only $75 per home.

in 100 years, I do not expect many of our homes to be in the same condition as some of the quality built homes of the past...

we will never know, but with all the issues I have had in the past 3 years with the siding buckling, the foundation cracking on the decking and the driveway, the quality of the woodworking and finishing jobs in the kitchen, the flooring and the roof eases....I can pretty safely say, my particular home will probably not be inhabitable in 100 years....

I forgot the big bummer....my formica on my kitchen counters have nail head marks starting to come thru.....the formica seems to be growing pimples in more than one place.

BUT, as everyone has always pointed out to me......your not buying a quality home, your buying a lifestyle........

I could easily see this as something litigate-able as three parties are involved.

The county owns the bridge, the district owns the land under the bridge. Somewhere in public records are the details of the bridge building agreement between the two parties. I care not to look up that information, but certainly it is spelled out in writing as to who is responsible for what, maintenance, repairs, etc. As it is a land erosion problem, it therefor it is a district responsibilty , or so it seems.
Maybe our on line news source could have done a better job in reporting. Stating that the district " could " be asked to pay for repairs once the engineering studies are complete and repair options are weighed might leave some to believe the district might not have to pay. I would have liked to see them investigate the facts of the agreement, and report them. This issue was decided before the bridge was built.

Slight tongue in cheek here, but......


Our nice little islands were doing fine in the lake, with no problems. They weren't causing trouble----UNTIL someone came and put a bridge on them. It wasn' the poor little islands fault. They would still be fine if someone hadn't put some poorly placed bridge on them!!!! The bridge is the trouble maker here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to burst the bubble again, but the bridge was built first, then the islands were dumped around it, then they added the lake. It's all man-made.

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Good engineering practice is that when you build a structure near water (existing swamp/new lake) you install piles to support the new structure.

It would seem that the construction of the structure is the problem - county issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_foundation

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Along with the bridge, you seem to feel that everything built by the developer is substandard, including the homes. And in the "pulling over for emergency vehicles" thread you state that you live in Miami...so excuse me if I am skeptical of your position.

I hope so, this really isn't about the money on this specific subject, it is the principal of the thing-that 1 grouping of people would be responsible for something everyone uses-including non-Villagers. And also I hope this is not the way of the future with the home owners being responsible for all repairs-esp. big ticket items.

I vote to widen it!

If it sinks enough can it be turned into a tunnel?

And there is no guarantee that the plan that they come up with will even work, since the original plan seems to have failed. All good questions for Ms Tutt.

Interested parties should plan on getting there early to get a front row seat to ask these pertinent questions.

Paying for the repairs isn't a matter of who uses the bridge the most, but where they can get their hands on the money to pay for it.

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