Everything you need to know about Austin's I-35 expansion /i-35-expansion-austin-tx-texas-construction-traffic Everything you need to know about Austin's I-35 expansion en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 22 May 2025 20:15:40 GMT Austin moves forward with plan for parks over I-35 /transportation/2025-05-22/austin-tx-i-35-parks-interstate-highway-city-council-vote The City Council voted to pay more than $100 million for columns to support parks over the interstate from Cesar Chavez to Seventh Street and 11th to 12th streets. The council also approved two 300-foot-long caps near the Red Line crossing at Airport Boulevard. Thu, 22 May 2025 20:15:40 GMT /transportation/2025-05-22/austin-tx-i-35-parks-interstate-highway-city-council-vote Nathan Bernier Watch: Austin will make a once-in-a-generation decision this week on whether to build I-35 parks /transportation/2025-05-19/i-35-austin-tx-interstate-parks-cap-stitch-decks-highway Austin City Council faces a deadline on whether to spend hundreds of millions covering the highway with acres of public space at the expense of other priorities facing the city. KUT News did a deep dive on the project and interviewed council members during a livestream Monday. Mon, 19 May 2025 13:51:52 GMT /transportation/2025-05-19/i-35-austin-tx-interstate-parks-cap-stitch-decks-highway Nathan Bernier Plans for parks over I-35 collide with Austin's cash crunch /transportation/2025-05-07/austin-tx-i35-expansion-caps-parks-city-council-decks Austin City Council members are divided over whether to fund highway parks as financial warnings mount, but they must make a decision before the end of the month. Wed, 07 May 2025 10:07:00 GMT /transportation/2025-05-07/austin-tx-i35-expansion-caps-parks-city-council-decks Nathan Bernier Austin has only weeks to decide where to put parks over I-35 /transportation/2025-04-09/austin-texas-i35-expansion-budget-cost The City Council faces a May 31 deadline to decide whether to spend an initial $284 million on support structures for caps over the soon-to-be-lowered highway. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:03:00 GMT /transportation/2025-04-09/austin-texas-i35-expansion-budget-cost Nathan Bernier Trucker arrested in I-35 crash that killed 5 was sober, lawyer says /transportation/2025-04-07/i35-semi-truck-deadly-crash-north-austin-driver-toxicology A toxicology report ordered by police found Solomun Weldekeal-Araya had no drugs or alcohol in his system. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:26:23 GMT /transportation/2025-04-07/i35-semi-truck-deadly-crash-north-austin-driver-toxicology Nathan Bernier