With Little Enthusiasm, City OKs Opting Into Oak Hill Parkway Project

Plus more items from City Council's first substantive meeting of the year

"...Transportation's latest plans to overhaul the traffic-choked Y at Oak Hill...."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Grinch That Stole Oak Hill

Texas Department of Transportation releases environmental report on the agency's plans for the intersection of U.S. 290 West and Texas 71

"...on the agency's plans for what it calls the Oak Hill Parkway and most of us call "the Y":..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Opinion: Oak Hill Road Plan Is Taxpayer Abuse

The argument against TxDOT's plan for a freeway flyover at the intersection of U.S. 290 and Texas 71

"...Department of Transportation can make the historic community of Oak Hill into roadkill...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Column by Carol Cespedes

Oak Hill Redevelopment: Varying visions for town center

Concept of town center node in Oak Hill looks like it's getting tougher - not easier - as city's neighborhood plan progresses

"...The concept of a town center node in Oak Hill looks like it's getting tougher – not easier..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Parkway or Super Highway?

Proposed TxDOT design could force residents out, uproot historic trees

"...Oak Hill residents are gearing up to fight Texas Department..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

Dine Out at Jack Allen's Kitchen to Save a Heritage Oak

Oak Hill eatery will donate proceeds if you mention saving the tree

"...once rested in the shade of this and other oaks in Oak Hill's Becket Grove, watering their horses in..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...In the hills outside San Antonio, we may be about to find..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Voter Rewards Continue, Arlo Grey Returns, Treaty Oak Distilling Expands BBQ Team, and What the Hell Is Going On in Boise?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Out where the Texas Hill Country begins, that chunk of heaven known to whiskey-loving..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Trade-Offs and Throughput

Oak Hill tree removal halted; Project Connect “15%” done

"...The oaks in Oak Hill got a reprieve last week, as..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Neighbors and Green Advocates Slow TxDOT’s Roll

“Parkway” no more?

"...public pushback to the Texas Department of Transportation's proposed Oak Hill Parkway. That project would build 12 lanes of..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For

An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin

"...lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation's controversial multilevel Oak Hill Parkway project to rebuild and expand the "Y"..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What Have They Done to Our Park?

What's left of Waterloo can't even be called a park

"...Next time might be today, as TxDOT's Oak Hill Parkway comes back into court, set for a..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Oaks, Highways, and No Pickleball?

A potpourri of upcoming happenings

"...At press time, Oak Hill Neighbors (an upper-case organization, not just a bunch..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...have already gone out for procurement, including the controversial Oak Hill Parkway...."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...of Trans­port­ation's plans for the U.S. 290/71 interchange and "Oak Hill Parkway." Save Our Springs sued in defense of..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature

Public Notice: New Math

Can CodeNEXT get to eight votes?

"...Oak Hill Parkway: TxDOT and the CTRMA are holding a..."

May 25, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Revenge Is Sweet

Slusher Crashes, Burns on the Southwest Parkway

"...to barricade off one side of the six-lane Southwest Parkway. As a writer for the Chronicle, Slusher assailed the..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Don't Take the Trees

"...the Editor, Regarding the "Public Notice" piece on the Oak Hill expressway [“Oaks, Highways, and No Pickleball?” Sept. 17],..."

Sept. 18, 2021 Postmarks

City Council Supports High School Program to Aid "Bleeding Emergencies"

The dais endorses life-saving program Stop the Bleed

"...The Austin City Council endorsed bringing the life-saving program..."

Feb. 13, 2019 News Post by Alex Puente

Concrete Carpet Ride

Jim Bob's Road to Nowhere

"...Austin's velvety evergreen hills are now rough-hewn with the defoliated thickets of winter,..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Defending a 290 Toll

Engineer over US 290 West project through Oak Hill sticks up for future toll project

"...Commission's engineer over the US 290 West project through Oak Hill defended the future toll project at a TxDOT..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...this latter category. Fix290, a loose umbrella group of Oak Hill residents, local environmentalists, and toll opponents, wants to..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Can the Y Be Fixed?

"Community alliance" of Oak Hill residents, anti-toll activists, and Austin environmentalists gets first shot next week at convincing CAMPO to reconsider TXDOT's plans for the "Y"

"...to reconsider the Texas Department of Transportation's plans for Oak Hill's 290/71 interchange – aka the "Y." Highway 290..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

"...Recharge Zone on Ben White Boulevard between I-35 and Oak Hill, was performed in 1988. Sierra Club member Steve..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Fixing 290: A Different Alternative

Build a bypass around US 290 West through Oak Hill by completing another segment of State Highway 45

"...the table to help fix U.S. 290 West through Oak Hill: Build a bypass around the area by completing..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

CAMPO: Whose Ox Gets Soothed?

Fix290's proposal gets praised at Tuesday's meeting for its cooperative approach

"...elevated 290/71 interchange, but it drops to a six-lane parkway through the Oak Hill area with crossovers at major..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"...Locals call it "The Y": the congested intersection in Oak Hill where Highway 71 branches off from 290 West..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...decisions and government bailout that resulted in the Southwest Parkway will come to a head at 7pm, Monday, February..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature

Cease-Fire Ends in Southwest Road Wars

Environmentalists charge that Daugherty has been working backroom deals for southwest roads

"...groups such as the Save Our Springs Alliance and Hill Country Alliance. Still, Daugherty could sponsor, with some conviction,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the various iterations of the "Y" road project in Oak Hill, including the Fix 290 parkway plan. City Council..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

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