Warner Parks' Page Road Parking Lot to Close November 1

BELLE MEADE, TN — The overflow parking lot for Edwin and Percy Warner parks at the corner of Page Road and Belle Meade Boulevard will close November 1 and may be converted to green space.

"We have an obligation to be good stewards of the land we manage,” Metro Parks director Tommy Lynch said. “This is about protecting the parks’ natural and cultural resources for future generations, enhancing the user experience, while also being cognizant of those who live in the immediate vicinity.”

The City of Belle Meade presented a preliminary plan to the Parks Board that would convert the overflow parking space into landscaped green space, though there are some other steps that have to be addressed before that plan moves forward.

“This conversion will create a pleasing and more appropriate entrance to Percy Warner Park and also benefits the neighbors by adding to the beauty of the City of Belle Meade,” said Belle Meade Mayor Jim Hunt.

Parking for Percy Warner is available behind the golf course club house, at Gaucho Road near the Steeplechase, at the Chickering Road entrance and in two locations at Deep Well off Highway 100. These sites were selected because they offer easy access to the trail and road systems.

The total number of new spaces in these lots is 150. Each lot will include a trailhead with map. The Gaucho Road and Chickering lots will also include new connector trails to the Mossy Ridge trail loop.