Work continues to progress along 4th St, as well as portions of Trinity St for improvements to the south side of Brush Square. Sidewalks are being poured and finished, eight of the ten new Oak trees have been planted and crews are working to finish out the remaining sidewalks near the Hilton and installing street lights, a welcome addition to …
Palm Park – Thanks Texas Gas Service!
Beginning back in April, Texas Gas Service (TGS) crews labored to remove an old, hazardous tennis court along with fencing at Palm Park, located at 3rd Sts and SB frontage of I-35 in downtown Austin. They spread some soil we had delivered but it needed some more fill. Thanks to 10 truckloads of soil from the foundation’s Auction Oaks @ …
And A Berm Disappears
Something historic happened today, we removed much of the berm that was surrounding the central Auction Oak. We had recently done some root zone mapping to see if there were roots in the berm and there were only a few, so today, the low stone wall was pulled apart, the dirt in the berm scooped up and hauled over to …
August 5 Update – Back at Work @ Republic Square
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Auction Oaks Project Update
Part one work in progress update: Bartlett Tree Experts have uncovered all four street tree root collars using their air spades and digging Monday and Tuesday. All of the trees are extremely root bound, meaning while they haven’t grown into the berms (good), they are less desirable candidates for transplanting. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” …
Auction Oaks Project Underway
Over the past day or two, a Parks Department Forestry Crew has been pruning the Auction Oaks and chipping up the deadwood in preparation for the first phase of the Auction Oaks @ Republic Square restoration project. Today, Thu, 7/17, we got the chain link fence installed around the work area. The graphic here shows the fence location. You can …
Auction Oaks @ Republic Square Restoration Project About to Start…
We want to let you know about an Austin Parks Foundation project that we are about to kick off at Republic Square Park at 5th, Guadalupe, 4th and San Antonio Sts. downtown that involves some restoration and rehabilitation for some old and threatened trees – the Auction Oaks at Republic Square. We’ve been working with the Republic Square Partners group …
Day 4: Red Bud Shoreline Project
Things are really moving along with native rocks now wedged into both sides of the steps where it ties into the bank. I got there too late to meet up with E-Corps, but they’ll be back Monday (they take Fridays off in the summer) with another two days worth of work to complete. In the meantime, check out a few …
Day 3: Red Bud Shoreline Project
Just back from another trip to Red Bud, and apart from my camera’s drained batteries, Things are looking really good. All of the steps are in place, e-corps is now working on fitting rocks into the sides of the steps to lock everything in securely and then will be working on filling the area behind the steps with rock, gravel …
Day 2: Red Bud Isle Project
E-Corps and Rico from PARD made tremendous progress on Tuesday, with three rows of rock steps put into place, the first way down into the water (they got there very early to dig out the rock and dirt.) It’s looking good! Another four folks are working on removing and treating all of the invasive tree stumps that we cut on …