far north trails connecting to brushy creek (Austin, Round Rock: neighborhood, live)

[Austin97]

looks like wilco has a lot of trails planned. Will be an awesome, huge trail system.

http://parks.wilco.org/Portals/15/Br...esentation.pdf

[sojourner77]

Originally Posted by Austin97

looks like wilco has a lot of trails planned. Will be an awesome, huge trail system.

http://parks.wilco.org/Portals/15/Br...esentation.pdf

Fantastic! I am truly excited for the people of Round Rock. Trail systems promote an active lifestyle for the suburbs.

[riaelise]

Yay!! A future one planned right outside of where I live!

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by Austin97

looks like wilco has a lot of trails planned. Will be an awesome, huge trail system.

http://parks.wilco.org/Portals/15/Br...esentation.pdf

Any progress is good I suppose, but it seems a bit short-sighted. I'd like to see more details on how it ties into Austin's trail system plans.

Instead, they seem to go out of their way to exclude Austin, having "To Austin" on the map when Austin is actually near 1/4 of the land on that map.

[Leaving Arizona]

Is that what all the surveying flags on Hairy Man is about? Or is that something else.

[riaelise]

Originally Posted by Novacek

Any progress is good I suppose, but it seems a bit short-sighted. I'd like to see more details on how it ties into Austin's trail system plans.

Instead, they seem to go out of their way to exclude Austin, having "To Austin" on the map when Austin is actually near 1/4 of the land on that map.

Why should Austin be considered when much of brushy creek is not in Austin?

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by riaelise

Why should Austin be considered when much of brushy creek is not in Austin?

Because the map isn't concerned about only Brushy Creek, it's also concerned about the connectivity of the trail with other trails (including west of 183, nowhere near Brushy Creek).

[10scoachrick]

In our neck of the woods, Brushy Creek(the creek) is actually the border between Austin and 'not' Austin(Cedar Park, RR ETJ) and THE trail is not in Austin. However, if the regulating body is WilCo, much of Austin up here IS in WilCo. Life can be complicated

[riaelise]

Originally Posted by Novacek

Because the map isn't concerned about only Brushy Creek, it's also concerned about the connectivity of the trail with other trails (including west of 183, nowhere near Brushy Creek).

And most (if not all) of those other trails are in Williamson County and outside of the city of Austin. Except for maybe that Avery Ranch area that Coach Rick mentions that's the dividing line. It appears to me to be a regional, Wilco specific, trail system. So I'm not sure why Austin would even be considered except for the places that are directly on the county line. Many people will just use their own trail area; I doubt people are going to walk from Hutto to Cedar Park on a connected trail system.

I, for one, and happy that my area is getting a dedicated trail along a pretty scenic stretch. the Brushy Creek section that passes by my neighborhood is "untamed" and I suppose I will miss that. I'd rather a boardwalk or something..

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by riaelise

And most (if not all) of those other trails are in Williamson County and outside of the city of Austin. Except for maybe that Avery Ranch area that Coach Rick mentions that's the dividing line. It appears to me to be a regional, Wilco specific, trail system. So I'm not sure why Austin would even be considered except for the places that are directly on the county line.

Because Austin is a major city in Wilco. Not just "on the county line", but with a large chunk in Wilco. As I said, about a quarter of the map they show is actually in the CoA.


Or if not Austin, why no attention paid to CapMetro and connectivity with the trails they're developing (in Wilco).


Again, it doesn't make the proposed trail bad. It's just that the more connected it is, as part of a larger trail system, it gets even better. Like that proposed "walk for a day" Violet Crown trail down south.