[photo1902]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Maybe there will be a "truck route" around The Villages.

There is. 301 and 27/441. I'm not a truck driver, but I know there is no way Id take 468 to Morse, just to get to 27/441. I'd take the turnpike to 301 (like they do now) and cut over to 466 to get where I was going.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by GaryW

WOW nothing like worrying about spilled milk before it is put in the carton or jug

There always has been truck and heavy car traffic on 468, CR-501 and the 301 468 area. Nothing will change that. The Villages can not control State and CR usage. No need to fret over what might and will be. I am sure a lot of vehicles will use any interchange off the turnpike to 44 and 301. Trucks delivering to Leesburg will most likely continue to use 470 interchange depending on where they deliver. I am sure they will come in on new one also.

Heck I do not worry about big trucks at the round-a-bouts. I worry more about regular motorist who do not know how to drive in them. Big trucks just stay away and give room. Wether it be a 48 or 53 foot trailer, got to give them big rigs room.

Just sayin

I always listen to every WORD this poster has to say. He is fair, smart, and has a lot of knowledge about the workings of this place. I wish he was running for president.

[RickeyD]

Just looking for a consensus, I hope most of you are right. I don't want to leave the fryer just to be put into a frying pan. Traffic sucks, big trucks suck. I don't need this type of stress going into my autumn years. It's nice the way it is now, don't want it to change.
As far as who will become president, I don't loose sleep.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Maybe there will be a "truck route" around The Villages.

You already have 27/441 to the east of Morse and 301 to the west. Large trucks will not llikely take Morse unless they have business in The Villages.

[Harry Gilbert]

It will all come down to what route the truckers GPS takes. Local drivers will know the area and where to avoid but non local truckers will follow their GPS

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Harry Gilbert

It will all come down to what route the truckers GPS takes. Local drivers will know the area and where to avoid but non local truckers will follow their GPS

Once.
If any semi truck driver gets stuck on Morse at 35 down to 30MPH, rest assured channel 19 will light real quick.......end of a problem that will never happen.

[John_W]

Will Morse Blvd be another SR301

Not to be nitpicky, but it's US 301 and has been since I can remember. All through the 60's before I-95 and I-4 were built, it was our main road from Tampa to Baltimore. It now starts in Sarasota and in Maryland it crosses the Chesapeake Bay Bridge bypassing Baltimore and ends in Delaware, 1100 miles from it's start.

So for one thing, it won't have the nationwide prestige of US 301. I don't see a big need for truckers to get off in this area when you have a large truck stop at the SR44 and I-75 exit, most likely they would want to hit that first. If going to Leesburg and points south such as Clermont or Winter Garden, they have turnpike exits already. If going to Ocala there is exits already. Local deliveries I believe would continue to take US 301 if going north or south. If going east, they may take the new exit but if they have concerns, they could easily post signs at the Morse entrance on 44 with weight limits or axel limits. I think we should give the designers time to figure things out.

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by John_W

Not to be nitpicky, but it's US 301 and has been since I can remember. All through the 60's before I-95 and I-4 were built, it was our main road from Tampa to Baltimore. It now starts in Sarasota and in Maryland it crosses the Chesapeake Bay Bridge bypassing Baltimore and ends in Delaware, 1100 miles from it's start.



So for one thing, it won't have the nationwide prestige of US 301. I don't see a big need for truckers to get off in this area when you have a large truck stop at the SR44 and I-75 exit, most likely they would want to hit that first. If going to Leesburg and points south such as Clermont or Winter Garden, they have turnpike exits already. If going to Ocala there is exits already. Local deliveries I believe would continue to take US 301 if going north or south. If going east, they may take the new exit but if they have concerns, they could easily post signs at the Morse entrance on 44 with weight limits or axel limits. I think we should give the designers time to figure things out.

So, we did to pass the bill first to see what's in it ?

[GaryW]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I always listen to every WORD this poster has to say. He is fair, smart, and has a lot of knowledge about the workings of this place. I wish he was running for president.

You Da Bombdiggity Girl

My name is GWare and I am running for .... Just kidding

[GaryW]

Only major truck traffic I can see is local deliveries and so on. There is a cold storage located in Leesburg on 44. Alot of Big rig, large car rooster crusin chicken haulers pick up and deliver there. Oh snap, going back to my Over The Road driving days CB Lingo...
Sorry.

Lot of Trucks pick up and deliver to that place. I could see them using the new interchange at 468. And with the new development taking place between the turnpike and 301 one never knows what might be. Alot of land between the turnpike and 44 that can be developed to join that new place. Who knows what we might be seeing.

Wilbur I have traveled this area since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I can tell you we never thought we would see all the development that has happened so far.

The future will let us know in the next few years.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by RickeyD

Thinking about the new 468 interchange and widening of 468 into a 4 lane divided highway. Will any size truck use this as a shortcut to 27/441 ? What will this do to Morse Blvd. and it's adjacent Villages ? What about the roundabouts ? What about these trucks crossing over the Lake Sumter Bridge onto northern Morse Blvd. ? Not to mention the additional hundreds/thousands of cars per day coming off the turnpike that now use the 301 exit. Will living in the Morse Blvd. area become a traffic and safety nightmare ?

to me it seems ridiculous to worry about a nonissue. i am not about to sprout another grey hair (although i could use as many as i could get) over a problem that doesn't exist and would be a logistic nightmare for any trucker foolish enough to use this 'shortcut'.

[NJblue]

If I were coming from Orlando and trying to get to the Home Depot in Lady Lake (or any other store in that area), I would take the new interchange and follow Morse north until 466A, take a right and go to Micro Racetrack and then continue on to Home Depot. Despite the roundabouts and 35 MPH speed limit, I expect it to be a lot faster than dealing with all the traffic lights up 27/441 which is likely the current best route. If I would do this to save time, why wouldn't a trucker for whom time is money?

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by NJblue

If I were coming from Orlando and trying to get to the Home Depot in Lady Lake (or any other store in that area), I would take the new interchange and follow Morse north until 466A, take a right and go to Micro Racetrack and then continue on to Home Depot. Despite the roundabouts and 35 MPH speed limit, I expect it to be a lot faster than dealing with all the traffic lights up 27/441 which is likely the current best route. If I would do this to save time, why wouldn't a trucker for whom time is money?

Not only will Home Depot shoppers do this, anyone living south of Sumter Landing will take it to get home. North and west homeowners will take Morse to Stillwater to points north including all the shopping west of Buena Vista on 466.
Morse will be the primary feeder for south of Sumter Landing heading north off the turnpike. Not a bad thing, especially for the "traffic" on Buena Vista south of LSL. I remember when Hillborough Trail was nothing but construction vehicles, now most times it's an effort to turn left onto it. Busier then Pinellas in fact. Just wait till Labelle, Osceola & Pine Hills are built out. Brownwood will be their destination, the smart ones will take 44, not Hillsborough.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by NJblue

If I were coming from Orlando and trying to get to the Home Depot in Lady Lake (or any other store in that area), I would take the new interchange and follow Morse north until 466A, take a right and go to Micro Racetrack and then continue on to Home Depot. Despite the roundabouts and 35 MPH speed limit, I expect it to be a lot faster than dealing with all the traffic lights up 27/441 which is likely the current best route. If I would do this to save time, why wouldn't a trucker for whom time is money?

One reason...it won't save you (or the truckers) time.

Maybe two reasons...it would also be at least as much of a nightmare for large trucks to come through The Villages as it would be to deal with anything on 441.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by looneycat

to me it seems ridiculous to worry about a nonissue. i am not about to sprout another grey hair (although i could use as many as i could get) over a problem that doesn't exist and would be a logistic nightmare for any trucker foolish enough to use this 'shortcut'.

Not so looney, cat. Right on target.