{"id":252128,"date":"2026-04-16T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252128\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:04:16","slug":"airport-boulevard-zilker-pedestrian-improvements-3-central-austin-transportation-updates-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252128\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport Boulevard, Zilker pedestrian improvements: 3 Central Austin transportation updates to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere are some ongoing and completed transportation projects to check out in the Central Austin area.<\/p>\n<p>Completed projects<\/p>\n<p>Airport Boulevard Shared-Use Path<\/p>\n<p>Project: The city of Austin completed a new shared-use path along the west side of Airport Boulevard between East 51st Street and Middle Fiskville Road.<\/p>\n<p>Update: The project reached completion in early April.<\/p>\n<p>Zilker Multimodal Improvements<\/p>\n<p>Project: The city added a new 0.7-mile shared-use path around the <a href=\"https:\/\/zilkergarden.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zilker Botanical Garden<\/a> and enhanced bus stops as well as a crosswalk signal and crosswalk across Barton Springs Road at the Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Update: City officials celebrated the completion of the project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early April.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: 2019-spring 2026Cost: $2.8 millionFunding source: city of Austin bonds, council District 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capmetro.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CapMetro<\/a> and Zilker Botanical GardenOngoing projects<\/p>\n<p>Burnet Road Corridor<\/p>\n<p>Project: <\/p>\n<p>Construction work is underway on Burnet Road from Koenig Lane to MoPac, including the realignment of Burnet Lane at Burnet Road, traffic signal upgrades, shared-use paths, crosswalk signals and drainage improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Update: City officials broke ground on the corridor in early March.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: March-late 2028 to early 2029Cost: $59.5 millionFunding source: 2016 Mobility Bond<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2026\/04\/15\/419850.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\"\/>City of Austin officials broke ground on improvements to safety, mobility and connectivity along Burnet Road in early March. (Courtesy city of Austin)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are some ongoing and completed transportation projects to check out in the Central Austin area. Completed projects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[95377,132,134,39681,95380,133,95381,83808,95379,23995,95376,25761,95378],"class_list":["post-252128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-airport-boulevard-shared-use-path","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-infrastructure-updates","tag-austin-mobility-bond-2016","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-road-construction-timeline","tag-austin-transportation-news","tag-burnet-road-corridor-project","tag-burnet-road-improvements","tag-central-austin-transportation-projects","tag-shared-use-paths-austin","tag-zilker-multimodal-improvements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252128","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=252128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}