LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Work is underway in Louisville on a project aimed at making it safer and easier for people to walk and bike between Cherokee and Seneca Parks.

Louisville Metro’s Department of Transportation and Parks and Recreation are combining forces on the effort that they say will add a pedestrian and bike lane, along with crosswalks.

The project will add 5,000 feet of new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure between the two parks.

Improvements include a bike and pedestrian path with two-foot buffers and safety markings, high-visibility crosswalks, rumble strips for the visually impaired, and more than 200 delineator posts separating vehicles from pedestrian areas.

The city of Louisville is investing $200,000 to complete the work.

“This is pedestrian space and it’s defin

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