impacts to the villages, water oaks & The historical town of lady lake

all Additional local development will most likely result in all or most of the following impacts to the lives and lifestyle of those living in these communities!

Increases in your Property taxes due to:

  • The need for more schools (Many current Town of Lady Lake developments are being proposed for Middle Income Families)
  • The need for more Town of Lady Lake Police Officers
  • The need for more Lake County Deputies to respond to increased traffic on county roads
  • The need for more Fireman and equipment
  • The need for more EMT employees and equipment
  • The increase in traffic will require additional road improvements and maintenance

Increases due to increased Residents:

  • Greater Town of Lady Lake Police response times
  • Greater ambulance response times
  • Increased traffic by over thousands of vehicles (families, deliveries, and service generated)
  • Increased emergency room wait times
  • Increased doctor wait times
  • Increases in your travel times (more traffic and traffic lights)
  • Increases in store crowding
  • Increased water usage which will result in further aquifer depletion and more sinkholes
  • Increase in solid waste
  • Increase in sewage
  • Increase in air pollution
  • Increase in noise pollution
  • Increase in light pollution

other negative results due to increases in Residents:

  • Loss of trees
  • Loss of open recreation area
  • Loss of equine and agricultural educational institution
  • Loss of aquifer recharge due to the loss of percolation area
  • Loss to many property values
  • Less space for wildlife will result in the loss of wildlife through starvation
  • Loss of country & agricultural atmosphere