Over the past several years, a significant investment in our City's parks facilities have taken place with almost every park experiencing improvements or enhancements. In three of those parks, additional investments have gone toward internal paths to allow residents to more easily navigate from one amenity to another inside the parks. The existing greenways system in the City has seen investment over the years beginning with the Cemetery Road greenway and the investment based on an approximate $4.3M earmark from Sen. McConnell in the early 2000's. Additional greenways segments have been constructed as part of roadway widenings on both State and City projects and grants have been secured in other circumstances to fund greenways segments. Some of those projects are currently in the design phase. However, very often when these above-mentioned segments are completed, gaps still remain. Those can seriously affect the functionality of the network that has been completed. The purpose of the greenways expansion program funding is to identify, prioritize and close those critical gaps in the multiuse path network so that the intended utility may be realized by residents. There will be a prioritization system implemented much like the existing sidewalk prioritization model to guide where these critical investments need to be made. Each year, a panel will evaluate candidate projects against a set of criteria to prioritize them into a sequence for design and construction. Staff then works with Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) to begin gathering input from neighborhoods with the project areas in an effort to allow sufficient time for public comment and involvement before, during and after final design. This program was established in FY2021 and to date there have been 1.39 miles of new greenway paths constructed or are pending. As of October 26, 2023, the project is included in the City's 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Per owner, an engineer has been selected. Project is currently in design with final plans scheduled to be submitted in November 2023. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.