In 24 hours in Florida, at what time is rush hour??

After living in NY for 40 years we aint got no traffic so no rush hour

Sprouts does maybe a 100th of the business Costco will do. The other stores mentioned are located on roads which are 3 lanes, with turn lanes. There is not room on 466 to add additional lanes. The Costco location will not have a direct entrance to 466. How will all the trucks get to the store? The stock doesn’t magically appear. If the two streets leading back to the Costco location are redesigned to become entrances you can kiss your golf cart access on Wedgewood Lane, and probably Woodridge Drive, good bye!

I am part of the small minority that thinks this is a very poor location for Costco. Remember, Costco will draw shoppers from other areas outside The Villages. It would be much better on 301 or even on Hwy 44 out by the I-75 interchange.

I am also surprised that Costco picked that location. I am sure they got a good deal but can see where traffic will be a nightmare

Likely the roads will be updated. There's planning to widen 466 to I75 and add an interchange there as part of the I75 widening that may have helped seal the deal.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...256-post1.html

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Your probably right

The Southwest Florida Water Management District has approved the drainage plan and the use of the existing retention basin next to the old high school as the primary recipient of the stormwater runoff. Now thing move on with the county for permitting and approvals. I would venture to say that the designs and plans are complete and ready to go to contract as soon as the necessary permitting is in place. Timeline? Still anyone's guess.

It was rumored that the Developer had a plan several years ago to get an expansion of 466 and an exit to I75 from this part of The Villages. Maybe a Costco here in this location will seal the deal.

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For what its worth, I have a friend that works at the Davie FL Costco and they have heard down there about The Villages Costco and some are just waiting to be able to transfer up to that one.

Costco knows EXACTLY where to position a unit, believe me they KNOW EXACTLY....LOL... and they figure out every detail down to the number of miles from their suppliers, not necessarily miles from your house. They know the exact population number of Ocala, The Villages, Leesburg, Summerfield, etc. etc. and they use concentric circles to pinpoint the apex of all this. Believe me, the chances of them deciding they "made a mistake" in their statistical formula, are really REALLY LOW. Best no plan on the location changing.

When we moved here in 2008 466 to I-75 and a new on/off interchange was something Gary Morse was pushing. Do not know what happened but it obviously fell apart.
But with the state now considering widening I-75 to SR200 in Ocala a 466/I-75 interchange might become realty.

That corridor will explode with retail. Walmart will get everything along with any concessions they want and then it’s off to the races. It will start in front of Villages grown and end at 301. Store after store after store!

It would be nice to see a little development in that area to take some stress off the northern areas, its awfully busy up there sometimes.

Agreed. With the population down south growing rapidly this was just a matter of time

Join the petition to get moved south of CR44. :bigbow: