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Captainpd 05-13-2023 07:07 AM

Asked and answered. In the first 5 post. We probably don't need/want any more of the same reworded answers. JMHO

larbud 05-13-2023 07:08 AM

They’re for when the ecar revolution fails and We no longer have fossil fuel production…

sallyg 05-13-2023 07:21 AM

We traveled to the gulf coast recently, taking two-lane roads and noticed sidewalks for miles along cow-pastures and vacant land. Seems pretty fishy.

StanSersen 05-13-2023 07:27 AM

ADA Requirement
 
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2216914)
The sidewalks are most likely required by the Federal ADA (Americans with Disabilities) law. A lot of taxpayer money is spent on sidewalks that are not often used because there is no requirement to do a benefit-to-cost analysis, like most other projects. If meets the ADA criteria, you need to build it.

Under the ADA (Federal Act ) all businesses and local/state jurisdictions must provide unrestricted access for the disabled from public transportation to and within the businesses as a public accommodation.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a car or golf cart or even two good legs to walk on. It is another example of all tax payers helping those less fortunate.

charlieo1126@gmail.com 05-13-2023 07:44 AM

I travel 5 or 6 days a week using 44 to the gym in Leesburg , those sidewalks have been a good thing for many people who live along both sides of the highway . I see mothers pushing baby carriages, younger children on bikes , a couple of people in wheel chairs, people in all kinds of service uniforms who now aren’t struggling walking along the grass on their way to work . We sometimes forget because of the wonderful place we live in that something as simple as a sidewalk can enrich peoples life’s.FYI please don’t forget food drive today , if you can leave some cans at the post office boxes today

cjrjck 05-13-2023 08:44 AM

I think many stretches of the new sidewalks will not be well suited for biking or walking for exercise since they cross a number of roads that egress 441. You would be stopping all the time to cross traffic. The only question I had concerning the new sidewalks is that they seem to be in a place that would be dug up should 441 be widened in the future north of where the construction is currently taking place now, like near the Walmart area. I always assumed that was coming but it may still be years away I guess.

meboyle 05-13-2023 09:31 AM

Sidewalks
 
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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2216898)
I notice, along the road construction on Highway 441 the state/county is putting in miles of sidewalks.
I don't know how often those sidewalks get used, but don't you feel the land would be better
suited for a golf car path that would benefit the retail stores out there from TV and
other subdivisions?

Your opinion please

There are hundreds of apartments being built. People without transportation will use the sidewalks. I would say it’s all part of the planning and development for the town.

collie1228 05-13-2023 09:51 AM

Bureaucracy at its best (worst). A regulation that requires a sidewalk along a six lane highway is ridiculous. And there's nobody to complain too.

Bogie Shooter 05-13-2023 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Captainpd (Post 2217183)
Asked and answered. In the first 5 post. We probably don't need/want any more of the same reworded answers. JMHO

Good luck! :1rotfl::1rotfl:

Bogie Shooter 05-13-2023 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by collie1228 (Post 2217276)
Bureaucracy at its best (worst). A regulation that requires a sidewalk along a six lane highway is ridiculous. And there's nobody to complain too.

State Representative……you know who that is, right?

Rodneysblue 05-13-2023 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2216928)
TV isn't going to build MMPs (golf cart paths) allowing access to properties they do not own...

We have access from Wawa all the way up to Advanced Auto, Which includes BJ’s, Lowes, and Walmart to name a few. These properties are not owned by TV.

FredTheHead 05-13-2023 02:41 PM

Sidewalks could help bring down the obesity numbers.

JMintzer 05-13-2023 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodneysblue (Post 2217299)
We have access from Wawa all the way up to Advanced Auto, Which includes BJ’s, Lowes, and Walmart to name a few. These properties are not owned by TV.

That is the one exception to the rule... And that is up in the Hysterical Section...

That model has been changed...

OrangeBlossomBaby 05-13-2023 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodneysblue (Post 2217299)
We have access from Wawa all the way up to Advanced Auto, Which includes BJ’s, Lowes, and Walmart to name a few. These properties are not owned by TV.

None of that access is MMPs. There is only a golf cart gate (it even has a sign specifying "no pedestrians") off Paradise, that exits out at the cul de sac behind 441 by the alternative medicine building. That cul de sac is basically just a connection road, I don't think it even has a name/number. All the buildings on it either have 441/27 as their address, or the names of the side-streets as their address. But it's not an MMP, it's a 2-lane vehicular traffic road, with no sidewalks.

GCMartin 05-13-2023 06:38 PM

Golf cart paths needed
 
I agree!! Put in golf cart paths and walking paths wherever possible to accommodate TV.
I’d love to be able to shop at the shops on 446 but can’t get to them by golf cart!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2216898)
I notice, along the road construction on Highway 441 the state/county is putting in miles of sidewalks.
I don't know how often those sidewalks get used, but don't you feel the land would be better
suited for a golf car path that would benefit the retail stores out there from TV and
other subdivisions?

Your opinion please



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