Pflugerville - Hutto Edition | November 2023

BY GRANT CRAWFORD

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Looking ahead

has since proclaimed itself Trail Capital Texas. Plans are underway to build o the system as well. Over 150 miles of new trails have been proposed in and around the city. Once built out, more than 90% of residents will have trail access within a half-mile of their home.

While reviewing other cities and what activities they provide, Mize said the planning team discov- ered Pugerville has more public trails per capita than any other city in the state. With more than 71 miles of public sidewalks and bike trails inside of Pugerville’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city Current trail system features • 56 miles of public trails • 71.2 miles of trails when combined with trails in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction

With a plan now in place, park sta have other projects in mind. After allocating $17.1 million to capital improvement projects in scal year 2022-23, another $28.9 million in spending is planned over the next three years. The majority of this funding has come from bond elections in 2014 and 2020. In the spring, the city plans to begin work on Phase 2 of 1849 Park at a cost of $14.4 million, which includes six new sports elds, a facility with concession and restroom areas. The parks and recreation department also has $10.4 million budgeted to go to improvements at Lake Pugerville Park between 2023-25; another $1.4 million is planned for a destination playspace, which city sta will be searching a location for; and Pugerville City Council is reviewing construction contracts worth around $3.3 million to begin Phase 2 of Wilbarger Creek Park. One of the biggest projects Mize has his eyes on is the city’s future recreation center, to be part of Pugerville's Downtown East development project. In May, the city issued $153 million worth of bonds to dedicate to the project. “Our city is pursuing this Downtown East project where you’ll have a 120,000-foot rec center,” Mize said. “You’ll have restaurants. You’ll have retail. You’ll have a farmers market. We’re trying to make that holistically something everyone nds value in.”

Key:

Proposed trail

Public trail

• 1.4 miles of trail per 2,000 residents • With the addition of 150 miles of trails, 94.8% of the Pflugerville residents will have trail access within 0.5 miles of their homes.

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SOURCE: BERRYDUNNCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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