South Walnut Creek Trail - Public Input Meetings

[Charlie McCabe]

Two public meetings for the South Walnut Creek Trail, currently under
design.

So. Walnut Creek Trail - Public Input Meeting: Tuesday, October 27,
2009, 6:30 PM
Please join City Staff and Trail Consultants for a very important
meeting regarding the development of the South Walnut Creek Trail.
Tue, Oct 27 at Eastside Memorial High School Cafeteria, 1012 Arthur
Stiles Road, Austin TX 78721

So. Walnut Creek Trail - Public Input Meeting: Wednesday, October 28,
2009, 6:30 PM
Please join City Staff and Trail Consultants for a very important
meeting regarding the development of the South Walnut Creek Trail.
Wed, Oct 28 at One Texas Center, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 505 Barton
Springs Rd, Austin TX 78704

Here's some additional information about the Walnut Creek Trail
project:

Description: Walnut Creek Trail will ultimately be a 16-mile concrete
trail from Balcones District Park in NW Austin to Govalle Park in East
Austin.

1) North Walnut Trail Phase 1 is 3.2 miles of trail from Balcones
District Park to Walnut Creek Metro Park with a total cost of $3.3M.
TXDOT Review of the completed plans is underway, city bids are
expected soon.

2) North Walnut Trail Phase 2 is 1.7 miles of trail from Walnut Creek
Metro Park running under Lamar Blvd to the TCEQ and Girl Scout
buildings at 1-35. Total cost is $1.9M. Funding was approved by City
Council on June 18, 2000 for construction design and the parks
department is currently preparing the scope of work for consultant
selection.

3) South Walnut Trail is 7.2 miles of trail and runs from Govalle Park
in SE Austin to the new tennis complex at Walnut Creek Greenbelt/
Sports Complex on Johnny Morris Rd just south of US 290. Total cost is
$10.1 M. Design Consultants are on board and the first public meetings
will be held on Oct 27 and 28 (see events).

The total trail to be constructed is 12.25 mile with these three
projects at a total cost of $15,332,102. The trail is a 10 foot wide
concrete trail with trailheads in Phase 1 at major intersections and
facilities including Balcones District Park, Mopac Access, North
Austin Medical Center, Austin Community College and Walnut Creek Metro
Park.