Miro Collas There was an old request for this, maybe before Canny, which was approved a few years ago and they started reserving land for the road. All of that was done by Guy which is not unusual for these projects, that's why it is owned by him. First they had a quite bad layout winding through the area between many small private parcels. Later most of those were abandoned, so they claimed all the land and kept carving out the road parcels' layout differently. The "825 project" seemed to mean August 2025 because all the parcels were named like that before August 2025 for some time, then in 25 Q4 they started making changes again and renamed most of the parcels NR26, which we believe is either for "New Route 2026" or "Nautilus Route 2026", but they're running out of time again so they might rename them again, who knows.

You can see the Protected Land parcels within the larger NR26 lands as well, which is the current layout of the road. The last time I was there it seemed good enough, but they either want to involve this in a larger project or they're still not satisfied with the layout. Or maybe they just prioritized the Trans-Sansara Causeway, New Zindra regions, moving some people back to Gaeta I, and fixing some other old things elsewhere, so this project fell behind.

AlettaMondragon Resident Thanks for the info - interesting.

Irishk9 Aeon Agreed. Having fully built Linden Roads in place gives a location a sense of permanence and reliability.

Irishk9 Aeon Just no need to rush this of course, if they are still considering changing the layout of the new Nautilus road, so it will be simpler and easier to drive. The Route 8A connection between Aragonese and Ellingson turned out a winding mess with fortunately one straight stretch but a lot of tight turns in the other parts, like a racetrack. Not the best highway design. If they waited a few months longer there, a lot of land got abandoned east of the winding part of the road that could have been a simple North-South connection.

The layout of these new Nautilus road parcels is already much better, but if they still think it can be simplified later, I say it's worth the wait.

AlettaMondragon Resident I tend to think a reasonable pace that doesn't dilly dally is fine, as this is all stuff that should have been done as a matter of routine years ago. Its actually a good time to launch a full new continent too if you think about it. Adding parcels doesn't grab anyone's imagination, whereas a properly launched named full continent does, if its constructed well enough from the get go. I,m a bit off topic with that one but the early years grabed everyones imagination for a few reasons. There was clarity of thinking back then.

Irishk9 Aeon That could end up like Bellisseria very quickly. First it would be good to know what exactly brought people to SL before 2008 and if it can be done again, or if something else can be done to get the same result. Without more and more people in need of land, any expansion just adds more deserts and ghost towns.

AlettaMondragon Resident On the contrary, without the restrictions of Bellisaria, I can't see how it would be anything like it. Mainland continents are completely different concepts that work a different way. And if I remember, it was the emergence of the continents that made Sl what it is in many ways. The only alternative I see is a proper roll out & completion of mainland road routes. People don't tend to circle around and reuse old parts of Belisaria, whereas they do with the ever changing visual landscape of the mainland. Bellisaria doesn't visually change, its visually perminent & one thing only. The mainland is for those uninterested in escentally housing estates, which is one specific interest among thousands within the SL concept.

Irishk9 Aeon I really have no idea because I was a kid when SL was new and I had no idea of its existence, even, but my understanding now is that the biggest continents were built one after another between 2004 and 2008 because there was huge demand for land and for SL in general. Then in 2008 this demand dropped severely because of the recession, the Gaetas and Zindra weren't finished because of it, and while in 2005 private island rentals weren't a big thing yet, after 2010 they became very abundant and popular. They apparently didn't know how to compete with that at LL, so they made the original Linden Homes.

Fast forward to now, you're right that older parts of Bellisseria are abandoned and it's especially because of the strict themes and lack of versatility. They get boring and some are of poor design by default.

The problem is just that there aren't enough people that need more land if we wanted to expand Mainland. Adult rated land is probably the exception, I would wait for the results of this land lottery they are doing now, though. Maybe abandoned parts of Bellisseria could be turned into Mainland eventually? That would be an interesting experiment, too.

AlettaMondragon Resident Yeah, the recession seemed to change the course of the path Sl was on. It went from everything to everyone, to a couple of things for a few with the most money. Pity, because it was truely the virtual world concept that people thought of at the time, until this happened. Many still log in, out of a built up attached nostalgia among other things these days. Hence the interest in all things historical about SL currently.

Irishk9 Aeon Sadly the entire world changed a lot in the last 20 years and not for the better, and the same tendencies can be seen in SL. Land baron "corporates" took over the real estate business completely, single creators that don't team up and don't want to drive prices up have little chance to be successful, marketing is everything, you can swallow the quality of your products, if you don't push shiny ads into everyone's face, most people won't notice your products. You need sponsors one way or another, having a blogger network behind your brand is a requirement... pretty much the same the real world goes lately. This environment kills the core of SL, because it kills the freedom to create, express yourself, make a sustainable living out of something you like to do, and to live on your own terms. Now it's all about "pay, pay, pay and get poorly made products and services, and don't you dare make your own, better products and services because then we go after you and ruin you." That's how things go nowadays.