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Lab test results of blue-green algae discovered in Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin are pending. In the meantime, assume the worst.
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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.
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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.
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The drownings remain under investigation, but the Austin Police Department has stated there is no indication of foul play.
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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.
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Decades ago, the public event space was full of life. Now it's rundown, like an old relic.
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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.
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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.
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A new quarter-mile stretch of the hike and bike trail closes the last gap in the lakeside loop.
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The city says next week it's expanding a water-treatment program in the hopes of tamping it down.