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TRAIL AROUND LADY BIRD LAKE
WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR
REPAIRS BEGINNING IN A FEW WEEKS.
WEEKS.THE SECTION OF THE TRAIL
A PENINSULA BETWEEN SHOAL
CREEK AND THE SMALL FOOT
BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE
PENINSULA BACK TO THE SHORE.
DAVID YEOMANS TAKES A LOOK
INTO THE REASON FOR THE
REPAIRS, AND THE IMPACT IT
WILL HAVE ON PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL.
TRAIL.
11:40:21-24 "YOU CAN SEE IT
WAS ABOUT 20 FEET OUT FROM
WHERE IT IS NOW."EROSION HAS
BEEN EATING AWAY AT THE NORTH
SHORES OF LADY BIRD LAKE AT
THE RATE OF ABOUT A FOOT PER
YEAR, NOW EDGING DANGEROUSLY
CLOSE TO THE HIKE N BIKE
TRAIL. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST
TIME THE CITY HAS HAD TO DEAL
THIS.
12:05:32-42 "MORE THAN 30
YEARS AGO, THE CITY ATTEMPTED
TO SOLVE THE EROSION PROBLEM
BY POURING CONCRETE RIGHT HERE
LAKE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID
PROBLEM"
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LOWER-END OF SHOAL CREEK WHICH
DRAINS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF
THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AND WHEN
THE FLOOD WATERS COME DOWN
SHOAL CREEK, THEY FLOW OVER
THIS PENINSULA HERE AND CREATE
THE EROSION ON BOTH SIDES."
CITY ENGINEERS PLAN TO FIX
THIS BY FORTIFYING THE
PENINSULA WITH NATURAL
LIMESTONE BOULDERS, AND
SLIGHTLY RAISING THE SECTION
OF THE TRAIL PRONE TO FLOODING.
FLOODING.
THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN A
FEW WEEKS AND LAST FOR SIX
MONTHS. IT WILL CLOSE A
SECTION OF THE TRAIL ALONG THE
PENINSULA, BUT DETOURS WILL
TAKE JOGGERS ALONG THE
CHAVEZ.
MORGAN11:43:08-18 "NOT ONLY
ARE WE STABILIZING THE
SHORELINE OF THE PENINSULA
HERE, BUT WE ALSO ARE MAKING
VEGETATION WITHIN THIS AREA
BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK"
THE PLAN THAT'S PROJECTED TO
COST THE CITY NEARLY
DOLLARS?
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11:52:48-51 "THERE'S OTHER
WAYS YOU CAN GET AROUND THIS
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11:51:58-02 "I WON'T LIKE IT -
I WALK THIS TRAIL ALMOST
EVERYDAY - BUT IF IT'S GOTTA
BE DONE, IT'S GOTTA BE DONE"AN
INCONVENIENT SACRIFICE TO
PRESERVE AUSTIN'S MOST POPULAR
YEOMANS - KXAN NEWS
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THE CITY IS HOSTING AN
OPEN EVENT TOMORROW EVENING AT
SIX FOR THE SHOAL CREEK
PENINSULA STABILIZATION
PROJECT. THE
CONTRACTOR, AS WELL AS CITY
OFFICIALS, WILL PRESENT
INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT AND