{"id":151129,"date":"2026-02-04T21:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151129\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:31:09","slug":"portion-of-creekside-loop-trail-closed-through-2026-as-harrell-parkway-work-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151129\/","title":{"rendered":"Portion of Creekside Loop Trail closed through 2026 as Harrell Parkway work continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA portion of the Creekside Loop Trail at Old Settlers Park is closed as construction continues on the Harrell Parkway reconstruction project.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The closure affects a segment of the 1.3-mile paved trail near Harrell Parkway, where crews are elevating the trail out of the floodplain.<\/p>\n<p>The work is intended to improve long-term safety and accessibility for pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Construction in the area is expected to continue through the end of the year, with the trail scheduled to reopen in January 2027.<\/p>\n<p>About the project<\/p>\n<p>The Harrell Parkway reconstruction is a central component of the $259 million <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/round-rock\/government\/2026\/01\/05\/the-new-old-settlers-park-round-rock-makes-progress-on-259m-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Settlers Park Buildout<\/a>, funded largely by Round Rock\u2019s 2023 voter-approved bonds.<\/p>\n<p>The project will reconstruct Harrell Parkway into a two-lane rural roadway with dedicated left-turn lanes at key intersections.<\/p>\n<p>A new bridge is being built to replace the existing low-water crossing at McNutt Creek, elevating both the roadway and adjacent trail out of the floodplain.<\/p>\n<p>Additional pedestrian improvements include a new underpass and bridge that separate foot traffic from vehicles, improving access between sports complexes, playgrounds and other park amenities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portion of the Creekside Loop Trail at Old Settlers Park is closed as construction continues on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,27719,62728,62730,62729],"class_list":["post-151129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-trails","tag-round-rock-creekside-loop-trail","tag-round-rock-old-settlers-park-trails","tag-round-rock-trails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}