Trail builders gearing up for work on second phase of Violet Crown Trail

[KevinFromTexas]

We had a thread on this, but I can't find it now. This is one of the coolest projects around Austin right now. This is the type of project that many generations in the future will enjoy and benefit from. The link includes a map.

http://www.austin360.com/recreation/...inglePage=true

Trail builders gearing up for work on second phase of Violet Crown Trail

Pam LeBlanc, Fit City

Climb into a car and drive someplace to go for a hike, a bike ride or a swim?

We'd rather walk or pedal right from the front door, thank you very much.

A lot of folks will be able to do just that when the Violet Crown Trail, a 30-mile pathway that ultimately will stretch from Zilker Park to Hays County, opens. The long, seamless expanse of trail will connect neighborhoods with parks, pools, libraries, schools and shopping centers and create lots of new terrain for hiking, running and pedaling.

Completion of the entire route is probably at least five years away, depending on funding, but work is gearing up on the crucial middle portion now.