The Lakeway City Council is scheduled at its June 28 meeting to hear an update on wildlife prevention efforts in the Hamilton Greenbelt before holding a workshop on the 2021-22 fiscal year budget.
The wildfire prevention update will be given by Chris Rea, a wildfire mitigation specialist with Lake Travis Fire and Rescue. The project is split into two major phases with a budget of $350,000. Current estimates indicate the project will complete in the first quarter of 2022, according to documents on file with the city.
The work underway in the greenbelt is intended to construct shaded fuel breaks, which are designed to prevent fire from easily traveling through wooded areas. These breaks are gaps and clearings between trees that slow a potential wildfire by keeping it close to the ground and away from the high branches, or the crown, of trees.
Work in the greenbelt also is intended to move dense trees 30 to 100 feet away from private property lines. Hamilton Greenbelt totals about 90 acres, but due to rough terrain, 75 acres fall under the scope of the project.
