Power restored in The Villages after major outage

Traffic lights working again in Sumter County

Traffic signal (Pixabay)

THE VILLAGES, Fla. – A major power outage impacted The Villages in Sumter County on Wednesday, but the issue was later resolved, according to sheriff’s officials.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said the outage caused issues in the areas of Powell Road, East State Road 44, County Road 466A, Trailwinds Boulevard, Morse Boulevard, County Road 44A, Buena Vista Boulevard and Signature Drive.

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Sheriff’s officials said among the impacts were many traffic lights not working.

Power was later restored.

“All traffic lights should be working properly,” sheriff’s officials said.

It’s not known what caused the outage.


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