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Projects underway in the Lake Travis-Westlake area
Pickleball at the center of priority parks projects
Changes unveiled to multimillion Lake Austin plan
BY APRIL KELLEY
Lakeway City Park proposed pickleball courts Six pickleball courts will be added at Lakeway City Park. The project is slated to be complete within ve months.
The city of Lakeway will begin one of several priority parks projects as part of the Lakeway Parks Master Plan. Adding pickleball courts to Lakeway City Park and Live Oak Tennis Courts as well as upgrades at the Lakeway Swim Center will be some of the projects the city is focusing on in the coming years. Andra Bennett, the director of parks and recreation for the city of Lakeway, said most of the projects in the Parks Master Plan do not yet have established timelines as they hinge on decisions made by City Council. “We do know that recreation is huge, and it’s huge in this commu- nity, so I suspect it will be coming up sooner rather than later,” she said. The Lakeway City Council decided to move forward with the addition of six pickleball courts at Lakeway City Park at a meeting March 20. The city is working to get the addition of the pickleball courts com- pleted over the course of the next ve involve closing the basketball court at Lakeway City Park during a portion of the construction. The city should have a cost esti- months, according to Bennett. Bennett said the project will mate for the project within a couple of weeks as the geotechnical engi- neering and the surveys have been completed on the proposed project area, Bennett said. Adding an additional tennis court as well as more pickleball courts at the Live Oak Tennis Courts will be another priority project for the city. Bennett said there are four tennis
BY TAYLOR CRIPE
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courts at Live Oak Tennis Courts that also need to be resurfaced or com- pletely scraped and redone as part of the upgrade. Upon the completion of this project, Lakeway will have 16 total pickleball courts across the city. Bennett said the goal is to alleviate some of the parking issues associated with the Sailmaster Pickleball Court as well as meeting the needs of pickleball players in the community. “I think long-term Lakeway will be set up to accommodate the people that are wanting to play in this area,” Bennett said. Major upgrades to the Lakeway Swim Center will be another project
the city will focus on in the future. Bennett said the city has been at capacity for lap swimming at the pool for a number of years. The project calls for the addition of a competition pool that is used strictly for swim meets to meet that demand as well as retrotting the lap pool for water aerobics and swim lessons. In addition, an obstacle course for kids, a lazy river and two Flowrider surf simulators may be included in the upgrades. Bennett also said the body slides and the frog slide will be resurfaced. “After a while, it’s time to refresh things and make them new and interesting and fun,” she said.
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