Lady Bird Lake

Maintaining and operating the Longhorn Dam, built in 1960, has occasionally proved challenging for the City of Austin.

Meet us at Rivian Austin for a chat about the best places to run and walk in Austin before our reporters lead the group along a section of the trail on Lady Bird Lake.

Running is not only a great way to relieve stress, but also a good way to get out of your neighborhood and see the nature and beauty of Austin.

The three-pronged crossing with a plaza the middle will bridge the Butler Trail's biggest gap.

For the fourth year in a row, city contractors will apply a treatment to Lady Bird Lake to try to fight the growth of toxic cyanobacteria. The modified clay targets the phosphorus that the algae feed on.

Many people wonder whether the Colorado River that runs through Texas is related to the other Colorado River that created the Grand Canyon. It's not.

Lawyers argued the city violated state law when it created a tax increment refinancing zone, or TIRZ, across several South Austin neighborhoods. The city's plan would have used property taxes to fund, in part, the former Austin American-Statesman site.

The three-pronged pedestrian bridge — the first of its kind in Austin — will finally complete the 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake.

You might not like the looks of it, but much of the vegetation spreading on Lady Bird Lake is healthy and natural.

The city plans to improve sidewalks and lighting to help guide people home and keep them away from the trailhead.