Tuesday, January 23, 2024

$12.5 million in mobility improvements coming to the Seaholm area

 

Austin City Council approved a series of mobility projects around downtown Austin's Seaholm area on Dec. 14. 

Those projects include:

  • Shoal Creek Trail Underpass at the Third Street Bike/Pedestrian Bridge
  • Expanded Third Street Bike/Ped Bridge and Study of the Third Street Trestle Bridge
  • Third Street and West Avenue intersection improvements
  • Sidewalk and trail connectivity along Cesar Chavez Street from B.R. Reynolds Drive to San Antonio Street
  • Trail crossings at West Avenue and Walter Seaholm Drive

The projects are funded through the Seaholm Tax-Increment Reinvestment Zone. The recommendations were made through multiple input sessions between Transportation and Public Works (TPW) staff and stakeholders, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Council representatives, community based non-profit organizations and others.

You can find more details on the projects in a memo TPW Director Richard Mendoza sent to Mayor Kirk Watson and Council.