In anticipation of the completion of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail and Boardwalk along Lady Bird Lake, city and nonprofit officials are working on a master plan for the lake's southeast shore.
Susan Rankin, executive director of The Trail Foundation, an organization that has sought to protect and enhance the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail since 2003, said at a Jan. 29 community meeting that once the boardwalk opens this summer, the influx of people will transform the area.
"That area is a quiet, beautiful, naturalistic area, and there are basically no improvements," Rankin said.
Some of the challenges, she said, that come with the increased use of the trail in this area include the need for more drinking fountains, restrooms and increased shading.
