Austin Parks Thread

[KevinFromTexas]

I thought we had a thread on this, but I couldn't find it. HEB just donated $250,000 to the Trail Foundation to help fund improvements to the trail including the boardwalk along the south shore of the lake. This is supposed to start construction in August.



PDF plan with renderings and route
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/boardwalk...ail_jpesc5.pdf

The Trail Foundation's website
http://thetrailfoundation.org/

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/boa...be-769704.html

Boardwalk on hike-and-bike trail would be crucial link for Austin

Editorial Board

Published: 5:25 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2010

Only a mile separates east from west on the hike-and-bike trail around Lady Bird Lake. The trail ends abruptly at the eastern edge of the American-Statesman's property on Riverside Drive and picks up again on the other side of Interstate 35.

In reality, however, that gap is much wider than that. It is a separation of two parts of the city that can be measured in years, culture, history and a reluctance — perhaps subconscious — to join west and east.

There has been plenty of talk of spanning the gap, but in typical Austin fashion, the talk becomes the raison d'être. We get so enamored of the conversation that the reason for it gets lost in the verbiage.