Summary of Existing Plans

Ecological Sensitivity Analysis

Ecology Forum

On March 20th at 5pm at McConnell Springs, Lexington City Staff hosted a public forum to discuss Lexington’s parks and natural resources. Discussion from this forum is being used to further the creation of a Greenway Management Plan to grow and improve a network of parks, greenways, and trails across Lexington.

Frequently Asked Questions.

  • The City of Lexington and a cross-departmental working group led by Environmental Services and supported by the Greenspace Trust and other partners.

  • The hope is to have the plan adopted by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1st Quarter, 2025.

  • The first step will be aligning LFUCG ordinances and regulations to support best practices of greenway and open space conservation, including a Maintenance Guide for both public and private stewardship. Future steps would include continued acquisition/conservation efforts towards identified greenways and implementation of the share use trail network.

  • Park: Publicly owned and publicly accessible greenspace, often with programmed/active amenities.

    Greenway: Linear corridors of natural areas, including waterways and floodplains.

    Trails: Paved and Natural pathways.

    Public Open Space: Passive and active areas accessible to all residents and visitors.

    Private Open Space: Areas owned/operated by private interests, including homeowner associations (HOA) or neighborhood associations (NHA) .

  • Shared Use Trails (Paths): Paved two-way travel for authorized modes of transportation

    Paved Trails: Hard surface trails not constructed to shared use path standards

    Natural Trails: Unimproved trails (un-paved) within a Greenspace

    Walkways: Paved paths, not part of a larger trail system or along a street

    Separated Bikeways w/ Sidewalks

    On-Street Bikeways w/ Sidewalks

    Shared Streets w/ Sidewalks