Waterloo Greenway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Austin, and U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett Celebrate Significant Milestone for the WG Project with Completion of Biofiltration Pond in Phase II: The Confluence On October 24, 2025, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Austin, and U.S. Congressman Lloyd […]
Weaving natural spaces into downtown Austin’s growing urban landscape, the new greenspaces of Phase II (13 acres!) will help foster community, connection, and sustainability beside the most ecologically diverse section of Waller Creek, located between 4th St. and Lady Bird Lake. As construction continues on Phase II, we are seeing significant environmental restoration along Waller Creek. Along with our […]
Waterloo Greenway’s Beloved Light-Based Art Event Reimagined to Celebrate the Opening of Phase II: The Confluence, Highlighting the Newest Chapter of the Park Project. After a decade of lighting up upper Waller Creek, Creek Show is on the move, heading downstream to its most exciting home yet – Waterloo Greenway Phase II: The Confluence in 2026! […]
Waterloo Greenway Marks a Milestone with the Opening of the Hartman Bridge on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail Austin, TX — January 27, 2025 – After several months of detours along the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail for Waterloo Greenway Phase II: The Confluence, a newly completed bridge and realigned trail are […]
Detours are needed to construct new pedestrian bridges over Waller Creek and the Lagoon Overlook and Leaf Deck A new detour route on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail at Waller Creek will be put into place on Monday, September 30, and is scheduled to remain in place through mid-December 2024. The […]
Series of detours start soon along Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail at Waller Creek The detours are to construct new pedestrian bridges over Waller Creek and the Lagoon Overlook and Leaf Deck. Over the next several months, users of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail are urged to slow […]
On Friday, May 24, Waterloo Greenway welcomed a new 142-foot truss bridge over Waller Creek as part of phase two of the park project, The Confluence. The lightweight lattice bridge is the first of three to be installed south of Cesar Chavez St. that will provide new east-west access over lower Waller Creek. The bridge […]
In 2023, we welcomed more than 270,000 park visitors, hosted 30 concerts at Moody Amphitheater, offered more than 140 free community programs, and worked hand-in-hand with more volunteers than ever before. To top it off, we broke ground on Phase II: The Confluence and launched the design development for Phase III: Palm Park! 2023 was a […]
Construction on Waterloo Greenway’s Phase II: The Confluence is well underway, with significant progress made in the last few months. This phase of the project is revitalizing Waller Creek from 4th St. to Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin, and has been a massive undertaking by the City of Austin and Waterloo Greenway Conservancy in […]
Last month, we completed Phase II of community engagement for Palm Park. We’re excited to share that a total of 1,994 community members participated in our engagement process during Phase II. Our team attended an array of tabling & outreach events, held (5) Bilingual Small Group Community Conversations, gathered feedback through a Virtual Survey available […]
