{"id":384484,"date":"2026-07-23T23:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384484\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:57:02","slug":"austin-again-extends-lake-austin-lady-bird-lake-waterway-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384484\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin again extends Lake Austin, Lady Bird Lake waterway ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Austin is extending its waterway activity ban until Saturday at 5 p.m. for Lady Bird Lake, Lake Austin and the Colorado River downstream of Longhorn Dam.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now the second time the ban has been extended following heavy rains last week. The city said floodgates at Mansfield Dam were closed on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kut.org\/austin\/2026-07-17\/austin-tx-lake-travis-tom-miller-mansfield-dam-floodgates-opening\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">after being opened for the first time since 2019<\/a>. The gates at Tom Miller Dam and Longhorn Dam are still open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe higher, faster water flows resulting from dam operations can create hazardous conditions on the waterways for boaters, especially non-motorized vehicles on Lady Bird Lake,\u201d the city&#8217;s order read.<\/p>\n<p>Canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and boats, as well as other equipment, are not allowed on the lakes while the ban is in effect.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and visitors are also advised to avoid riverfront trails that are susceptible to flash flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Austin is extending its waterway activity ban until Saturday at 5 p.m. for Lady Bird&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,17924,3742,4157,9442,135603],"class_list":["post-384484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-ban","tag-lady-bird-lake","tag-lake-austin","tag-lake-travis","tag-waterway-ban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384484","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=384484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}