Get Yer Boat On
Lake Travis open, Lake Austin to stay closed for rest of week.
By Richard Whittaker, 8:59AM, Tue. Jul. 17, 2007
After a three week boating ban, the Lower Colorado River Authority has made it official: Lake Travis is open again!
It's down to 686 foot above mean sea level, which is still seven feet above what the LCRA calls full, and boaters are being asked to be careful about debris. Some buoys and markers also got washed away, and since there's still some partially submerged houses and boat ramps, try not to create wakes, especially around Graveyard Point.
There's still two floodgates open at Mansfield dam, which means the City of Austin won't be be opening Lake Austin or Town Lake yet. The gates may be closed and the lakes open later this week, but that depends on whether it rains again in the watershed.
On further updates, the plan is that Gloster Bend and The Narrows at 5pm Tuesday, and Cypress Creek Park and Sandy Creek Park at 8am Thursday. Check the LCRA web site for the full list.
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