Bob and I have talked about such a road for a long time, but I think it is fair to show everyone what some of the issues that would have to be contended with, if any such road is ever built.
Below is an overlapped illustration starting with an actual aerial photograph of Fitness Drive, the three condominium sites on that Drive, and an edge of The Gardens which have no access to either Fitness Drive or anything on the Ponte Vista site. It also includes a portion of the illustration of Bob's new proposal for Ponte Vista, scaled approximately along the correct lines.
Fitness Drive can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. The three condominium sites that share Fitness Drive are named and have their unit counts listed. The photograph was taken prior to any foundation construction of Seaport Luxury Homes, and so I mad that site plain.
Between The Tennis Club Condos and the Seaport Luxury Homes condo site, there is an alley. That alley provides access to parking for The Tennis Club and may provide access to Seaport's parking. That alley has balconies overhanging the alley and the south easternmost balcony has been damaged by tall vehicles that tried to use the alley.
On the far right of the picture you can see a portion of the driveway and garages for The Gardens. You should be able to see that Fitness Drive does not connect directly to any driveway or access to The Gardens and has a high retaining wall just to the south of Casa Verde Estates that is part of the Albertson's Parking lot.
Where does Bob or anyone else think an access road to fitness drive can be built, using just this illustration? It is possible to break through the garage-level wall of Seaport Luxury Homes to provide access to the public road. Would Seaport's developer have to pay for that? Would folks living at The Tennis Club and Casa Verde Estates be able to use such a road?
What do you think might happen to the 6-acre public park if the alley off of Fitness Drive was seriously considered to provide a link to the public road at Ponte Vista?
How might Bob provide access from Fitness Drive to any public road if there is a portion of The Gardens separating Fitness Drive to the boundary of Ponte Vista?
Could or should a wall be busted out of the parking structure underneath Casa Verde Estates to provide access? Who would pay? Would all the residents living along Fitness Drive have to create a special fund to finance the project?
If a new route were constructed allowing folks living along Fitness Drive access to a public road at Ponte Vista, would others seeking a shortcut or for some other reason use that access to get to Ponte Vista or Mary Star's new campus?
Here is the one idea I can come up with for fixing this thing. Build an "alley along the border of Ponte Vista and the buildings beginning at the alley off of Fitness Drive. The new alley would run past both Seaport Luxury Homes and Casa Verde Estates. Punch big holes in the walls of those two structures for vehicles to get from the back of thier buildings to the new alley that intersects with the "traffic circle" that can be viewed along the public road of Ponte Vista. There would have to be some public park land removed, but that should get folks happy. Unless kids going to Mary Star cut through the alleys to get to their parking lot quicker than waiting with the backup at Avenida Apprenda.
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