Lady Bird Lake

Lab test results of blue-green algae discovered in Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin are pending. In the meantime, assume the worst.

Last year, Austin City Council members created the South Central Waterfront TIRZ. By doing so, they agreed to collect and spend roughly $354 million in property taxes over nearly two decades on various projects in the area spanning the Bouldin Creek, Travis Heights and East Riverside neighborhoods.

Council members directed the interim city manager to look into increased camera surveillance and park ranger patrols after two recent drownings in Lady Bird Lake.

The drownings remain under investigation, but the Austin Police Department has stated there is no indication of foul play.

TxDOT plans to take 1.2 acres of the park on the north shores of Lady Bird Lake for construction and maintenance, requiring a detour of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail for at least six years.

Decades ago, the public event space was full of life. Now it's rundown, like an old relic.

It’s not labeled on maps or recognized in official documents, but most kayakers who have explored Lady Bird Lake east of I-35 can tell you about the forest in the middle of the water. KUT listener Alex Kane wanted to know more about it and reached out to KUT’s ATXplained project.

Years of drought, a build-up of litter, increasing vegetation, and the death of grass carp have all played a role in the condition of Town Lake.

A new quarter-mile stretch of the hike and bike trail closes the last gap in the lakeside loop.

The city says next week it's expanding a water-treatment program in the hopes of tamping it down.