Park and Trail Related News from the City of Austin

The Austin Parks Foundation is an independent non-profit. We are not affiliated with or funded by any city department. This page is dedicated to the projects and successes of our friends at the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), the Public Works Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and other City and County entities.

Waller Creek Public Meeting: April 30, 2008: 6:30-8:30 pm

Austin residents are invited to attend a public meeting hosted by the Waller Creek Citizen Advisory Committee as a follow-up to a public workshop in November 2007. At the meeting, the City of Austin will report back to the community and share new schematics of the Waller Creek tunnel features, based on feedback received at the November workshop. The meeting will be held at the Auditorium at the University of Texas' Thompson Conference Center, 2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Southwest corner of Dean Keeton and Red River.

Lance Armstrong Bikeway Project Gets Moving

Work on the long-awaited Lance Armstrong Bikeway Project began May 29, 2007. The project, a six-mile bikeway that began as an idea in 1999, will enable bicyclists to travel on a dedicated east-west route through downtown. The work is expected to take a little less than a year.

The bikeway will extend from Veterans Dr. at Lake Austin Blvd. on the west side of town to the Montopolis Bridge at US183 on the east side. The path consists of a combination of off-street concrete trails, on-street striped bike lanes, and on-street signed bike routes. Visit the City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program website for more information

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