Because Harold Swartz the founder of The Villages had no intention of going further south. Gary Morse expanded "the dream" and Mark Morse and Jennifer Parr got greedy.

Greed
 

Harold Swartz the founding father had no intention of growing this large. Gary Morse started the incredible growth, still with no plans of going across 44.
Mark took over and off we go.
Morse north of 466 would have remained adequate if the original model of size had remained.

Wider roads just gets more traffic to the next bottleneck quicker!

More like there was strong customer demand. Someone else would have done it, but with the no evidence of planning we see in Wildwood.

And clearly not as well given the long range planning, creativity, innovation and vision of the Morse family has provided.

When did you move here?

Excellent question...

I find that most people who complain about growth are of the "close the door after I got here" mindset...

2003, 51 years old, 3rd house.

Homes South of 44 don't seem to have a problem with that.

Wildwood has never seen a zoning change they didn't like. Can't wait for their luxury apartment high rises. Completely overlooking TV. Nice view.

462 backup
 

Many of you are under the impression this area is owned by the villages. It is not. It is owned by Wildwood. In the 6 years I have been here , it has never been as bad as it is now. This started when the light at the new condos was put in . It is only going to get worse when the new section of houses are built! I have waited through 3 or 4 lights on Powell Road and can’t see a way around it at this point. It is horrible. I do think it would help if , Police control the lights before masses the same way they do after masses. Oh well, guess we all need to tack on an additional 15 min to our trips down that road during mass times

Lots of people moving to Florida. The housing is needed or they wouldn’t be building.

The Villages wanted to develop Trailwinds I and II with 700 homes and some golf courses. Wildwood said no. It is all about the $$$.

Cleveland Ave, aka 466A, was closed down for 2 years when it was widened not that long ago. 462 was also widened with no consideration whatsoever to future traffic.

Widened
 

There isn’t the physical room. Brand new apartments that haven’t even been completed yet sit right up next to the road.

It's bird season. More and more want to live in freedom..relax is the best way. M

Wildwood said yes... IF the Villages would put in sidewalks. The Villages said, "No sidewalks." Wildwood said, "Welcome Trailwinds"

Thanks heavens they did, Trailwinds has much more interesting places to shop, instead of all the same old places in TV.