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Council approves $4.7 million TAP grant application for Town Branch Trail phases 4–5
Summary
The Lexington‑Fayette Urban County Council on Jan. 15 approved a resolution authorizing submission of a $4.7 million federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant for Town Branch Trail phases 4 and 5; the grant requires a $1,175,000 local match and authorizes transfers within the grant budget.
Council Member Jennifer Reynolds moved and Council Member Sheehan seconded suspending the rules to give second reading to a grant application for Town Branch Trail phases 4 and 5, and the council approved the measure on Jan. 15.
The resolution authorizes the mayor and staff to submit an application to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Office of Local Programs for $4,700,000 in federal TAP funds for Town Branch Trail phases 4 and 5 and to provide any additional information required. The measure specifies the acceptance of the grant would obligate the urban county government to expend $1,175,000 as a local match and authorizes the mayor to transfer adequate funds within the grant budget to cover that match.
Council members did not debate the specifics of the project during the vote. Staff had read the resolution in full during first reading; council then voted by roll call on the second reading and the mayor announced the measure passed. The clerk called each council member by name and the transcript records affirmative votes for the named members.
The grant application and local match, if awarded, will fund the next construction phases of the Town Branch Trail. The resolution also directs staff to provide information requested by the state in connection with the application and authorizes budget transfers related to the grant. No timeline for construction or further design details were provided in the meeting materials read into the record.
The council approved the second reading and associated authorizations; next steps are submission of the application to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and any follow‑up actions requested by that office.
