Lady Bird 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.

Designers would build a bigger light-rail bridge to accomodate CapMetro buses under a proposal being presented tonight.

In 1987, 1,000 Austinites grabbed polypropylene rope and made history for a good cause.

Officials overseeing a $7.1 billion transit expansion in Austin are taking a closer look at whether to allow buses on the planned light-rail bridge after people accused Project Connect of disadvantaging bus riders.

Bus riders, many of whom are people of color, could be disadvantaged if buses are not allowed. But incorporating buses could prove challenging. The design will be determined by an international competition.

The level of bacteria is below EPA minimums, the city reported Friday. But it's still urging pet-owners to keep dogs away.

A new report documented hundreds of ER visits related to toxic algae, but found few cases in the region that includes Texas. It also didn't specify whether the kind of algae now prevalent in Central Texas was involved.

Officials with the city's Watershed Protection Department say the system will be up and running again by the end of the month. The department will operate two separate dashboards for Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin.

Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, is a potent neurotoxin. In 2019 it killed several dogs in Lady Bird Lake. It has since been detected in other lakes and, most recently, killed two dogs in Lake Travis last winter.