A department spokesman cites plans to improve nearby entrances, pathways and plantings, as well as to renovate a playground.
John Asher, the Churchill Downs spokesman, said plans are for War Emblem, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, to remain in Louisville until three days before the Belmont on June 8.
In a sign of the increased pace of activity, the prime minister's spokesman said plans for a military strike were under way.
After noting the success of the festival, a tollway spokesman announced plans to repeat the event annually, including the closure of the entire southern extension.
According to Warner Johnston, a Parks Department spokesman, the plan is not dead and the city will seek a new partner to complete the project by fall 2009.
"When times were flush," said Stu Loeser, the mayor's chief spokesman, "our plan actually increased the amount of resources available to senior centers".
A White House spokesman, pondering planned meetings with regional leaders, predicted discussions about how America might "affect the trajectory" of political movements sweeping the Arab world, while leaving final outcomes for locals to determine.
The spokesman cited planned major UK infrastructure projects, as well as the Funding for Lending Scheme under which the Bank of England supports bank lending to mortgage borrowers and businesses.
Joseph Jones, a Gypsy Council spokesman on planning issues and site provision, told BBC Wales the increase in caravans was likely to reflect the higher number of children born to Gypsy and Traveller families.
