Plans
Currently Planned or Underway City/County Projects
Evansville Region Trails Master Plan
An initiative of ETC, a regional trail master plan will be developed with city, county, and regional connections featured. This effort includes the important regional connections such as the Evansville to Henderson connection via the southbound historical twin bridge.
Roberts Trail Project 2023
Over two miles of trail located in the heart of Evansville, the Roberts Trail Project trail project connects the Woodmere Park Loop from Walnut Street to Wesselman Park. A grant application was submitted to the Department of Natural Resources, Next Level Trails Grant program in July 2023. Announcements regarding grant awardees will be mid December.
Evansville Bike and Pedestrian Connectivity Master Plan
Evansville is working hard to become a more bicycle and pedestrian friendly city. Every year more bike lanes, protected pedestrian paths, and cycle tracks are added to the city’s bicycle grid. See the Evansville MPO's Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Master Plan.
Walnut Street Project
The Walnut Street Project corridor is approximately 3.1 miles and is identified as a "road diet project" reducing the number of vehicular traffic lanes from four to three. The project to improve Walnut Street involves rehabilitation of the pavement, curbs and gutters, and south sidewalk, along with replacing the north sidewalk with a multi-use trail. Preliminary engineering started Spring of 2018 and construction is currently scheduled to begin in 2020. This is a multi-use trail that begins from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Vann Avenue. Get additional information on the Evansville City webpage here: https://www.evansvillegov.org/city/department/division.php?structureid=300
See the latest presentation slides from the March 12, 2019 public meeting held at the C.K. Newsome Center: 3/12/19 Presentation Slides
Proposed Walnut Street Project Plan
NORTH TIF DISTRICT PLANS- BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS
The Evansville Trails Coalition had the opportunity to advocate on behalf of City Ordinance #F-2018-20 (North District Project Plans) before the City Council, October 8, 2018. Ordinance #F-2018-20 was passed and the project plans are moving forward. There are several sidewalks and bike lanes within this project that will connect to our current trails system network that ends at Lynch Rd. Once complete, the Northside residents will have access to downtown. This is a vital segment in reaching full connectivity. SEE DOCUMENT PROVIDED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Oak Hill Road: This road will be constructed in two phases: Lynch Road to Eastwood Drive and Eastwood Drive to the Hedden Road/Millersburg Road roundabout. The road will have bike lanes and a sidewalk along one side. This will match the design the City of Evansville used when Oak Hill was reconstructed south of Lynch Road. In addition to the road projects, a standalone trail will also be constructed between the Hedden Road/Millersburg Road roundabout and Kansas Road.
Boonville New Harmony Road: This road will be reconstructed between Petersburg Road and SR 57. A standalone trail will provided on the south side of the road. A section of trail or sidewalk will also be constructed between SR 57 and Green River Road even though that section of road will not be reconstructed. This will allow a connection between the Boonville New Harmony trail and the bike lanes and sidewalks that will be constructed on Green River Road.
Kansas Road: Kansas Road will be reconstructed between Petersburg Road and Seib Road, and between Oak Hill Road and Green River Road. A sidewalk will be provide along one side of Kansas Road as a part of the reconstruction.
Green River Road Trail: A standalone trail will be constructed along Green River Road between Lenape Lane and Millersburg Road. The trail will run along the east side of Green River between Lenape and Hightower, and it will be located on the west side of Green River between Hightower and Millersburg.
EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2015-2035
The 2015-2035 Comprehensive Plan for Evansville and Vanderburgh County is the guide for decisions that relate to land use and the framework for the ongoing land use planning process. The intent is to guide growth in a manner that supports and reinforces the community qualities important to City and County residents. These qualities include employment and housing opportunities, safety and security, quality schools, neighborhoods with a strong sense of community, and a clean environment. All these amenities are important to our quality of life. This Plan presents a general vision of Evansville’s future which is expressed through population, housing and employment projections, designating appropriate areas for development of specific land uses, and incorporating a series of action plans. These action plans focus on improving the quality of life through incorporating decisive statements that embody the community’s long-range goals, objectives and policies concerning growth and the actions necessary to implement those statements. Citizen involvement in the Plan update process and in formulating these land use policies is the means to keep the Plan current and to achieve the desired vision for the community. See the details HERE
University Parkway Corridor Plan - 2019 DRAFT
The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Comprehensive Plan 2015-2035 identifies the University Parkway as a corridor in need of further study. The County now has a pressing need to study the corridor sooner than anticipated due to the County Commissioners decision to fund the extension of the sanitary sewers further north along the corridor and the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (EWSU) construction of a new pump station located at Creamery Road. To address these changes, this study focuses on land use, transportation, infrastructure, and physical features within the corridor study area and includes a market analysis to provide direction on the quantity and feasibility of future development in the area. The land use portion of the plan is meant to guide future development decisions along the corridor. However, individual land owners remain in control of their properties, and will decide whether it should be developed. The County will not be purchasing property for the purposes of private development. Where the Plan proposes a different land use than what currently exists, the use - and zoning classification - will remain as it is, so long as desired by the owner. No rezoning will be required except as necessary for the owner to establish a different use. See the plan HERE.
