mack_turtle Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Travis County is buying RGK Ranch, which is close to Reimers. Maybe another mtb trail system that close would be redundant, but has anyone here heard if that might be included in the plan? Too early to say? https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/05/15/rgk-ranch-austin-park.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) "Too much trail" is an oxymoron. So this will be a good thing. Even better if they can get an easement to connect both parks. I've read a couple of articles about it. One just said "trails" but another one specifically included "mountian biking trails." Hopefully they won't slap the dreaded "preserve" designation on this tract. Sad but true, now when I read things like this, I seriously hope that it can happen "in my lifetime." lol Like the Great Springs Project. https://www.tpr.org/environment/2023-07-30/like-texas-appalachian-trail-great-springs-project-working-to-connect-austin-and-san-antonio The Violet Crown Trail was first envisioned in 1999. Here we are 25 years later and it is still not complete. I onced asked the VCT head project manager how long it would be before the section from the south end of Purple Tiarra to the parking lot at 45 and Mopac opened. This is on Water Quality Protection land, like Maxwell Trail. He said, "Not long, not long at all." When pressed for a time he said, "Maybe five years." Five years! The point being that trail buidling isn't so hard, but getting land owners permissions and agreements to build are. Oh, by the way, that conversation happened over five years ago. And still...no trail there. Edited May 19 by The Tip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 This article only mentions hiking: https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/rgk-ranch-new-travis-county-park-nature-conservancy-land-deal/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 (edited) It's safe to say that any natural park is going to get hiking trails if it's open to the public. That's a given. We will need to advocate to mtb trails. A connection to Reimers would be AMAZING. I'll post here if I hear anything about public meetings. Edited May 20 by mack_turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Fortunately Travis County "gets" mountain biking. So hopefully it won't be that hard of a sell to have mtb trails included in the planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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