Community Development District 5 supervisors are ready to blaze a trail by placing reflective pavement markers on their section of the multi-modal trail.
The CDD 5 Board of Supervisors on Friday voted 3-1 to put down the RPMs on its portion of the multi-modal path.
CDD 5’s action comes at a time when the Project Wide Advisory Committee has been unable to reach a consensus on RPMs.
It is estimated that by going it alone, without the financial backing of PWAC, the RPMs will cost CDD 5 about $12,000 to $13,000. CDD 5 Chairman Gary Kadow said the amount would be a very small portion of CDD 5’s budget.
The RPMs will be placed along the center of the multi-modal path and are aimed at helping Villagers navigate the paths, particularly at night.
Lee Gilpin of of the Village of Liberty Park applauded the board’s action.
“You will be setting a very visible example. Hopefully, other districts will hear from residents and will want to do the same,” Gilpin said.
CDD 5 has some very prominent sections of the multi-modal path system, including the long stretch from Laurel Manor Recreation Center to Lake Sumter Landing and the path from Lake Miona Recreation Center to the Village of Liberty Park.
Trail blazing isn’t new in CDD 5. It was the first CDD in The Villages to end anonymous complaints. Other CDDs followed CDD 5 by ending or altering their anonymous complaint system. Those that haven’t eliminated anonymous complaints, have debated it.