Hike and bike trail at both ends is re-routed to allow room for construction. Drilled piers are under way in water and on land at the north and south shores. A barge has been installed in Town Lake to drill piers in water. A material barge moves from the shore to the drilling barge on regular basis. A central path in the river is kept open for all river traffic.
Signs are in place and lights are installed for safety of lake and shore users.
Construction is expected to last for one year. Stakeholder and community participation meetings were held in February. The program will be completed in August 2000. In March, the City Council selected the Austin firm of Cotera, Kolar, Negrete and Reed Architects with Antoine Predock, FAIA of Albuquerque, New Mexico as the Lead Designer and Lars Stanley, AIA as Associate Architect and Sustainability Consultant. Beginning in January, the City Council moved its regular meetings to an LCRA facility on Lake Austin Boulevard, and all City employees working in the Municipal Annex were relocated by the end of February.