CITY & COUNTY
News from Round Rock & Williamson County
City seeks state grant for downtown Round Rock trail completion
Williamson County to boost operational disaster response
FUNDING TRAIL CONNECTIONS
The Heritage Trail East project is paired with the Heritage Trail West project, which has seen significant increases due to inflation and a contractor change. Planned project cost: East Projected at least $7.25 million* West $19.5 million contract, rebid early 2023 and construction began spring 2023
BY CHLOE YOUNG
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
WILLIAMSON COUNTY Officials will soon implement a new operational flood intelligence system to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency floods. County officials signed a contract with FloodMapp, a real-time flood intelligence com- pany, on June 6 after the Williamson County Commissioners Court approved the move at a May 23 meeting. The contract enables Williamson County’s Office of Emergency Management to begin accessing FloodMapp’s ForeCast, NowCast and PostCast products, which document the extent of a flood before, during and after it takes place. The system will also be used for road closures as well as targeted alerts and evacuations. Connie Odom, the county’s director of communications and media relations, said the $750,000 project is funded by the voter-ap- proved 2019 road bond program and will be implemented this summer.
ROUND ROCK The Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department applied in June for millions in grant funds from the Texas Depart- ment of Transportation to fund the majority of the Heritage Trail East project. With a total projected cost over $7.25 million, Parks and Recreation Director Rick Atkins said during a public meeting May 25 that his depart- ment is seeking state funding to help offset the cost of the project as construction and material costs have increased significantly. The trail project will see a 10-foot-wide trail extended along a portion of Brushy Creek near downtown Round Rock between Mays and Georgetown streets. It will also add a new play- ground and a pedestrian bridge over the creek. Atkins said the potential reimbursement amount expected from an 80-20 grant—which would see TxDOT fund 80% of the project with a 20% match from the city—is around $5.8 million.
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