Zoo parking reconfiguration to begin this summer
The Memphis Zoo's use of the Overton Park Greensward for overflow parking on peak traffic days will end with a reconfiguration of the zoo's parking lot. Work is set to begin on the first of four phases this summer. (Daily Memphian file)
Work begins this summer on the reconfiguration of Memphis Zoo parking designed to end the 30-year practice of parking on the Overton Park greensward.
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