TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Violet Crown Trail $2.9M connection project complete Project area Existing Violet Crown Trail
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The community has more transpor- tation options thanks to the comple- tion of the $2.9 million Violet Crown Trail-North project in July. In a nutshell: A collaborative e ort among the city of Austin’s Urban Trails Program, the city of Sunset Valley and the Hill Country Conservancy, the project was about 10 years in the making. Funding forthe project includes: • $1.77 million from a Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization grant • $1.2 million from Austin's 2016 mobility bond • $550,000 from Austin's 2012 bond Zooming in: The newly complete 1-mile extension connects Home Depot Boulevard to MoPac just north
South Congress Avenue and Ramble Lane safety improvements The Austin Transportation and Public Works Department completed safety and mobility improvements in South Austin at South Congress Avenue and Ramble Lane in late July. The improvements include a new tra c signal with three high-visibil- ity crosswalks; shared-use paths on both sides of South Congress Avenue; a new sidewalk on the south side of Ramble Lane and other changes. Timeline: December 2022-July 2023 Cost: $983,000 Funding sources: 2018 Austin Mobility Bond and Texas Department of Transportation
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of William Cannon Drive. Key featuresinclude:
• Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant accessibility • Generally about 10- to 11-foot-wide paths • Composed of both concrete and stabilized granite • An accessible crossing beneath MoPac via a boardwalk adjacent to Williamson Creek • Connections to nearby sidewalks and existing sections of the Violet Crown Trail • A new shared-use path on the north- bound MoPac service road between Ben Garza Lane and Sabino Lane
Zooming out: Now that the project is complete, the 30-mile trail system stretches from Zilker Park south through Sunset Valley to the Lady Bird Johnson Wild ower Center, continu- ing farther south into the countryside of Hays County. COURTESY CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY IMPACT Violet Crown Trail now stretches 30 miles.
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 2. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SWANEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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