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.
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The City of Lexington and a cross-departmental working group led by Environmental Services and supported by the Greenspace Trust and other partners.
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The hope is to have the plan adopted by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1st Quarter, 2025.
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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.
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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) .
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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