Golf cart path in Cedarcroft:poor planning by Ravin homes and the City Council

The article on the golf cart path in Cedarcroft did NOT even touch on the facts. This golf cart path in the neighborhood is being used as a major thru way to Walmart. On a pretty day with good weather- over 200 golf carts a day use this path. The police and the City have come an monitored the traffic on this path. There are over 15 children under 9 years old living between the golf cart path and the end cul de sac. These are outdoors playing and it is not safe with most of the golf carts speeding thru without even looking. One golf cart lost control and went completely through a garage door in a house on the path. It was poor planning for the City Council to approve the path and poor planning for Ravin Homes to build the path. No golf cart path in a neighborhood should be used as the main thru way to get to the Walmart retail area. There is a golf cart path along MacDuff Pkwy that could be used to get to the retail area. But no one will complete it. More poor planning by both parties. As for Micheal Rossetti denying that they told buyers the golf cart was going to be removed - it was only temporary. Was he present everytime his sales people spoke to potential buyers? No he wasn't, I built a house in Ravin Homes and did not see Micheal Rossetti until the closing. He does not know what his sales people said to home buyers. The fact of the matter is the following: Peachtree City is a family planned city. With the amount of children in this neighborhood and playing outside, the first priority needs to be safety. The way that mostly the younger drivers drive the golf carts on this path is not safe. What if the golf cart that lost control and went through the garage door of a home had hit a child. If the newspaper was going to write an article on the path, they should have emphasized the amount of traffic, the accidents that have occurred, and the danger the children in the neighborhood. The paper seemed to have overlooked some of the facts. We need for the City Council and for Ravin Homes to do whatever is necessary for the safety of the residents in Cedarcroft. It is not just one family being inconvenienced as the reporter implied. It is a large group of children who could get hurt because of the path being used as the main thru way to Walmart. Finish the path on MacDuff Pkwy which is not near any homes and there will be no need for the paths in Cedarcroft. The right thing needs to be done by both parties to ensure the safety of the residents.

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