Tomorrow, the 24th at 9am, you should consider attending the North Burnet Gateway Plan presentation. Location information can be found here. The area south of us may well turn into a second downtown, with all the services that makes available, but also with the need to be involved in quality of life in the surrounding neighborhoods. The plan includes city recommendations for substantial improvements to Burnet and Braker, new bike lanes that are directly helpful to those of us who do that, new flyovers connection 183 and 360, new flyover across mopac connecting Gateway to south of Pickle Campus. Also included is new information in regards to mass transit in the area and the potential to redefine the skyline in North Austin. I was involved in the plan advisory board, and I plan to attend, with my soccer clad son in tow. Consider attending.
Keep in mind is that this is a plan, not a proposed development, so this is a 20-30 year view for the whole area of the plan. But the Domain is going to be heavily developing, and we should be very interested in traffic issues, including getting understanding of when road improvements on the mopac frontage road by the Domain may come, and when a connector of the feeder road from Braker over the railroad tracks might come.
The Statesman has an article on the meeting today. From the article:
A broad swath of low-rise commercial buildings, aging industrial properties and surface parking lots in North Austin would be transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use community rivaling downtown in height, population and density under a preliminary North Burnet/Gateway neighborhood plan.
Read more here
