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The Villages
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Tunnels will be closed for painting this week

Painting projects will continue this week, prompting the closure of some tunnels:

  • M9 (Under Morse Boulevard at Odell Circle South): at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
  • MB1 (Under Marsh Bend Trail at Everglades Recreation): at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4
  • WS2 (Under Warm Springs Ave at Marsh Bend Trail): at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5
  • CR1 (Under CR 501 at Corbin Trail): at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6

Additionally, District Property Management is commencing with installation of 120-volt Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting in the multi-modal path tunnels. This Energy Star rated project will provide a higher level of safety and comfort for The Villages residents traveling along the multi-modal paths with significantly enhanced illumination within the tunnels. LED lighting products produce light up to 90 percent more efficiently and last up to 25 times longer than incandescent light bulbs.

Greenskeepers should take a trip over to Hacienda course

A Village of Osceola Hills reader was impressed with the conditions at Hacienda Hills Championship Golf Course. He is encouraging greens keepers at other courses to go over to Hacienda and take a few notes.

Buffalo Ridge makes perfect sense for location of Costco

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Summerhill resident contends that putting Costco at Buffalo Ridge Plaza makes perfect sense.

Villager offers simple solution for $1.7 million golf maintenance building

A Village of Winifred resident is offering a “very simple solution” with regard to the controversy over a proposed resident-funded $1.7 million maintenance facility for a contractor’s equipment at the Mira Mesa Executive Golf Course.

Give credit where credit is due

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of St. James resident says he was thrilled with the condition of a golf course he recently played.

You cannot impose your views on others

A resident of the Village of Bridgeport at Lake Sumter wades into the Little White Cross dispute in a Letter to the Editor.