Legacy Trail land swap approved for trail to Kentucky Horse Park

The Fayette County Board of Adjustment approved a land swap on Friday between the University of Kentucky and Vulcan Material Co. that clears the way to complete the 9-mile Legacy Trail from downtown to the Kentucky Horse Park.

UK is giving Vulcan 57 acres of underground mineral rights in exchange for 74 acres of surface rights. With the additional land, UK can expand its agricultural research and farm program and the Legacy Trail can pass over the Vulcan mining.

Without the swap, the trail would have had to have been moved, increasing its cost by $1.25 million and delaying its completion until after the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, said Steve Austin, of the Bluegrass Community Foundation’s Legacy Center…

Read the entire article by Beverly Fortune
Date: 11-28-2008
Source: kentucky.com

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