Council: Meet Your Waterloo

"...4, and 5: These involve additional funding for the Waterloo Tunnel Project, the big ticket being contingency funding ($5..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories: What to Do With Waterloo

Turning Waterloo Park into a beach – and other fanciful ideas

"...That was the big-headline advice from Project for Public Spaces principals Philip Myrick and Kathy Madden..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Light at the Beginning of the Waller Tunnel

Long-awaited Waller Creek Tunnel Project shows a glimmer of light

"...weird mechanics of building the off-again, on-again Waller Creek Tunnel Project could start making sense in the coming months,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Waller Creek Tunnel Tour

September 3, 2013. 19 photos.

"...Media reps toured the city's Waller Creek tunnel project at Waterloo Park on Aug. 30, 2013. The..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Photo Gallery

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...80 of Highsmith's 100 hypothetical hired-guns. The Loomis team projects that for as little as $16.7 million, the city..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Federal Funds Flow Into Waterloo’s “Confluence”

A creek runs through it, still

"...possible that the name of Waller Creek will become Waterloo Creek, just like that, in the minds of later..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...Project Connect was pitched to voters in 2020 as a..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...The Project Connect system plan and "initial investment" – the latter..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Competing Tunnel Visions

Traffic Solutions at Sixth and Lamar

"...West End Association, want to relieve the congestion by tunneling two Lamar express lanes underneath Fifth and Sixth streets,..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...and Recreation Department (PARD) embarks on a $1.6 million project - bankrolled with federal funds - to complete and..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Transit Agency Takes Command of Project Connect

Let's get rolling!

"...from election night – the resounding victory of the Project Connect transit plan – has been quietly nurtured through..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: What Have They Done to Our Park?

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

"...my first visit this past weekend back to Downtown's Waterloo Park, recently reopened after a 10-year closure for construction..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Daily Hustle: 4/11/11

Come hell or high Waller, tunnel construction starts

"...as the city broke ground on the Waller Creek tunnel project, initiating redevelopment along the Downtown creek, and in..."

April 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...a couple of hackle-raising matters: more funding for the Waterloo Tunnel Project, a contested towing contract, and Downtown concrete..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...Cords of blue electroluminescent wire inside the Seventh Street tunnel marked the height of the 100-year floodline. Columns of..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...president about the future site of Aus­tin, then called "Waterloo" – a hamlet containing only two families: "The imagination..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Naked City

Saving the land around Waller Creek downtown from flooding proves trickier -- and more expensive -- than council members or city staff anticipated.

"...at a briefing last Thursday on the Waller Creek tunnel project...."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Off the Record

In search of the light at the end of the Waller Creek Tunnel Project

"...Tunnel Vision..."

May 7, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rafting the Great Waller

Outdoorsman envisions converting sluggish creek into hardcore white-water rafting rapids

"...help, the city will soon undertake a $124 million tunnel project to keep the creek's flow and water level..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Before the Flood

The Waller Creek Tunnel could have been a boon to Downtown; now its just another failed proposal in the City of Ideas.

"...I was talking about the Waller Creek Tunnel, which I liked more than certain readers did and..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Conventional Thinking

Supporters Say Prop. 1 Is Key to Downtown's Future

"...dreams of downtown boosters and partisans: A flood bypass tunnel for Waller Creek, and a major-league expansion of the..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...the broader public good. Developers of some high-dollar private projects in Central Austin are agreeing to provide public benefits..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...central-city creeks are on Austin's well-known to-do list of projects that have taken generations to bring to fruition (a..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Puzzle: Waller Creek’s Chain of Parks

What’s happened already with the ambitious park and trail project, and what might happen next

"...The Waller Creek park and trail project stretches from 15th Street to Lady Bird Lake and..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon

Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results

"...bonused square foot is viable – and for residential projects only. (Design secretary Bart Whatley later dissented: "We should..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...limits height to 120 feet. But according to unhappy project neighbor Ben Procter, retiring Council Member Betty Dunkerley then..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature

Beside the Point

Protecting the Furnishings; and Black's Abacus

"...on the benefits of building the long-delayed Waller Creek tunnel Downtown. Its construction would keep the creek's flow at..."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...development fee will prove an economic drag on successful projects and on affordable housing, especially Downtown. As condo-honcho Perry..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Investing in Downtown Parks

"...new Downtown condos and apartments could help fund the projects listed. (Cost* and short-term needs: unfunded)..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 17-21

"...accepting bike parts and donations for the Yellow Bike Project. 601 N. Lamar, 482-3357. www.austinyellowbike.org...."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature

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