Trinity High School Street Closure
Louisville
Description
Closure of public right-of-way on North Sherrin Avenue to improve student safety; forwarded to Planning Commission.
Impact summary
Trinity gains control of the road during school hours to protect roughly 600 daily crossings; cut-through traffic may shift to nearby residential streets.
Applicant
- Name
- Trinity High School Foundation
- Address
- North Sherrin Ave
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 2
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Last discussed Jul 16, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Planning Commission — July 16, 2026
Closure of about 1,200 feet of North Sherrin Avenue for student safety, recommended to St. Matthews on a split 6-4 vote.
Development Review Committee — June 17, 2026
Closure of 1,227 feet of North Sherrin Avenue for student safety; heads to a Planning Commission public hearing rather than the consent agenda.
Related issues (2)
Trinity High School street closure for student safety
A 161-home development in the environmentally sensitive Floyds Fork area will now have just one way in and out, at an intersection neighbors say has poor sight lines on a winding state road. The commission added a condition requiring sight distances be proven at construction approval, but two commissioners thought the second entrance should stay.
Trinity High School North Sherrin Avenue closure
Trinity owns both sides of North Sherrin and wants to close it to protect the roughly 600 daily student crossings. Supporters call it a safety necessity; opponents warn cut-through traffic will shift to narrow Ridgeway Avenue and note Trinity brought no concrete traffic-control plan.
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