Transcript Avenue lot to close on Monday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 7, 2025) — The Transcript Avenue surface lot, at the corner of Transcript and Journal avenues, will close Monday, May 12, to allow site preparation work to begin for the university’s new Environmental Quality Management Center (EQMC). This closure will also affect the sidewalk adjacent to the Transcript lot.
The Transcript lot has approximately 55 employee intermediate (E) parking spaces in it. To minimize the impact to permit holders, UK Transportation Services will convert the metered (pay-to-park) on-street parking spaces on Press and Leader avenues to E-intermediate permit parking spaces. This change will add approximately 25 E-intermediate spaces to the inventory. The electric vehicle charging space on Press Avenue will not be impacted by this change.
In addition, department staff have been working over the last month to relocate as many as 100 core parking permit holders in the vicinity of Press Avenue Garage — effective July 1 — when additional spaces become available in the UK HealthCare Parking Garage expansion. These changes should result in additional parking availability in the Press Avenue Garage, which is an E-intermediate permit parking structure.
The 36,000-square-foot EQMC building project was approved by the UK Board of Trustees last June, and is expected to be completed in August 2026. The new center will serve as the university’s sole facility where all hazardous waste originating on campus is accumulated and processed per regulatory requirements prior to off-site shipment. This $25 million capital construction project will replace the existing facility, which is scheduled to be demolished due to the planned expansion of the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital. The new facility will house Environmental Health and Safety Division staff and will ensure uninterrupted hazardous waste management operations and continued compliance with federal and state environmental regulations.
For more information or questions about these changes, contact UK Transportation Services at transportation@uky.edu or call 859-257-5757.
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