After 12 years, construction on NuLu streetscape to begin this month

After more than a decade, the transformation of East Market Street in NuLu will begin construction this month. According to our partner Louisville Business First, construction will start the week of June 17 and is expected to finish October of 2025. While plans for the multi-million dollar improvement project was first unveiled in 2012, the city held on to the plans until they could get the $10.3 million to fund it. Funding was finally secured in 2021, but public works officials said utility conflicts required the design to be updated. That delayed the project by another three years. The construction will add curb extensions, bike lanes and new landscaping, improve crosswalks and expand amenity areas on sidewalks. It will also reallocate an eastbound lane of traffic and switch angled parking spaces to parallel parking spaces. Read earlier coverage of the streetscape project:Construction on East Market Street redesign set to begin this spring after years of delays (Hear from business owners)Stalled out plans to give Market Street in NuLu a $10M facelift moves forward (Hear from the NuLu Business Association)The plan also increases the tree canopy along the corridor along with a public art project.According to LBF, Public Works said businesses will stay open during the construction, and owners will receive two weeks notice before work begins on their block. They already started notifying people on May 31Click here to read more information on the construction from LBF.