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The Austin Water Utility is engaged in preliminary, geotechnical testing that will help determine the location of portions of the Jollyville transmission main, part of Water Treatment Plant 4. This step came as activists protested the action at both a…
The Austin Revitalization Authority’s last potential project on East 11th Street slipped away Monday night with nary a peep, a sharp contrast to the heated exchanges about the authority’s role in East Side development at its last meeting. The…
Hays County will receive $425,000 as part of a $3.5-million settlement in a lawsuit against a development company and others over the pollution of Hamilton Creek and Hamilton Pool caused by construction at a subdivision on the Hays-Travis county line…
The Urban Transportation Commission voted last week to recommend a staff proposal for the controversial Downtown Bicycle Boulevard, which will involve treatments to both Nueces and Rio Grande streets from Cesar Chavez to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Though…
The Austin Water Utility is planning major changes to the incentives and rebates in its conservation program, including the end of the city’s popular toilet rebate program. The updates are scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Program…
Pressure for private fund-raising for Austin’s major art and civic venues continues to grow, and grow more daunting, as the city moves forward with major projects. The $110 million Long Center for the Performing Arts remains the largest public-private…
Council members pressed forward Thursday with two agenda items designed to ultimately lower the amount of water used throughout the city. Council unanimously approved extending a marketing contract with EnviroMedia for another $175,000 and approved the recommendations from the Water…
Council members clearly disagreed Thursday with the notion that a bad economy was justification for upzoning an East Austin restaurant. The owners of Los Comales, Merced and Graciela Benitez, had requested a rezoning for their restaurant from food service…
After receiving written assurances that the police union would not claim that they had violated their contract, the City of Austin on Thursday posted the full contents of a consultant’s report on the shooting death of Nathaniel Sanders. According…
The specter of Texas Disposal Systems’ (TDS) disqualified bid to build a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for the city continues to haunt Council chambers, despite efforts by the Law Department to exorcise the demon. Its latest appearance came as Council…
The city attorney’s office informed Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) Wednesday that it remains disqualified from the city’s process to find a company to build a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF). City Council is scheduled to hear presentations this morning from three…
