Project connects 1.1-mile gap in Ann and Roy Butler hiking trail
An overwater trail connection more than seven years in the making is set to open to the public June 7.
The Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake, a 1.1-mile passage that connects the south portion of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail, is nearly ready for public use. Project costs totaled $27.5 million, said David Taylor, project manager for the city of Austin.
The Trail Foundation contributed $3 million toward the project to help ensure it was complete in one phase, TTF Executive Director Susan Rankin said. Much of that money came from individual donors, she said, as well as a $500,000 gift from the St. David's Foundation.
"This project is really a great example of how private organizations and private donors can be so essential to putting on the ground an important public space," Rankin said.
