Austin Water, Austin Energy provides update on services, outages
By Lauren Reid
The following city leaders spoke:
Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk
Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros\
Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent
Austin Public Works Director Richard Mendoza
ERCOT provides update on restoration of power - 2/19/21
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is giving latest details on power outages and the work being done to restore power.
The news conference comes as Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) says it has ended emergency conditions and is back to normal operations. Officials say no additional outages were needed overnight to keep power supply and electric demand in balance, and only a few generating units tripped.
Abandoned South Austin railroad on track to become city s newest trail Bergstrom Spur would revitalize a now-defunct rail path.
Photo courtesy of City of Austin A six-mile stretch of abandoned railroad could be on track to become Austin s next urban trail. Once part of the Union Pacific Railroad serving the defunct Bergstrom Air Force Base, the Bergstrom Spur would become a hybrid urban trail and public transit corridor. On December 9, Austin Public Works Urban Trails Program and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization released a hefty, 129-page study deemed the Bergstrom Spur Platinum Planning Study Report. It provides a detailed plan for creating a multi-use public trail beginning at Vinson Drive, in Southwest Austin, heading east to US-183 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.