New Employee Parking Lot Open; Lot Changes for South Campus

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2015) — The University of Kentucky openend a new employee parking lot on University Drive Jan. 10 as part of an ongoing effort to mitigate challenges associated with construction.

The newly created University Drive Lot is near the corner of University Drive and Huguelet Avenue, and has approximately 35 employee parking spaces. 

Additionally, UK Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) is making several lot designation changes in the South Campus area.

In late December 2014, work began on a bypass road connecting the area east of the new residence halls on South Campus to Woodland Avenue, necessitating changes to area parking lots. This construction affected a number of employee parking spaces in the Sports Center North Lot. The changes taking place this week are designed to mitigate the impact of these losses while balancing the parking needs in the area. 

To further accommodate the loss of employee parking spots to construction, the location of residential parking will be shifted, converting some existing residential spaces to employee. However, while the residential and employee areas are relocating, current residential permit holders will not experience any reduction in access to proximate residential parking spaces.

The changes include:

• Two R3 residential parking areas — the Sports Center South Lot and the Small Sports Center Lot (adjacent to the tennis courts) — will transition to employee lots.
• To counter this change, Complex Drive and the Sports Center Garage (PS #7) will be available to both R3 and R7 residential permit holders. 
• The first floor of the Sports Center Garage will no longer be reserved for visitor parking and will be open to R3 and R7 residential permit parking.
• Visitor parking will still be accommodated in the Sports Center Garage, but will be interspersed throughout the structure, rather than restricted to a specific area.

All Sports Center and Complex Drive changes were effective beginning Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Geegan (859) 257-5365; sarah.geegan@uky.edu