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City of Austin Activates Cold Weather Shelters Overnight Tuesday Through Thursday, Feb 18-20 
Austin, Texas – The City of Austin will activate Cold Weather Shelters (CWS) overnight Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 18-20, as temperatures are forecasted to dip into the low 30s and 20s nightly during this period. Overnight temperatures on Monday…
City of Austin Activates Cold Weather Shelters on Sunday, Feb 16
With temperatures forecasted to dip into the 30s overnight Sunday into Monday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Sunday night, Feb. 16, 2025. Registration for shelter will occur between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at…
Prescribed Burn Planned to Help Restore Native Grasslands on Austin’s Water Quality Protection Lands
AUSTIN – Austin Water’s Wildland Conservation Division plans to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 288 acres of the Water Quality Protection Lands on Thursday, February 6. Smoke may be visible northeast of RR 3237, north of FM 150, south of…
City’s Homeless Strategy Office Moves 28 Unhoused Residents from Encampments into Shelters
The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, in collaboration with the Austin Watershed Protection Department, compassionately closed an encampment within a high flash flood risk area of the Country Club Creek watershed near the intersection of…
Austin Water and LCRA coordinating to return Lady Bird Lake to normal levels
AUSTIN - Yesterday, Austin Water crews responded to a failed gate at Longhorn Dam. One of nine Longhorn Dam gates which control lake levels failed in the open position while being inspected and repaired as part of a Capital Improvement Project. This…
Austin Water contractors have sealed the gate that failed at Longhorn Dam
AUSTIN - Earlier today, Austin Water crews responded to a failed gate at Longhorn Dam. One of nine Longhorn Dam gates which control lake levels failed in the open position while being inspected and repaired as part of a Capital Improvement Project…
Longhorn Dam Issue Resulting in Drop in Lady Bird Lake Levels
AUSTIN - During scheduled work earlier this afternoon, one of nine gates at Longhorn Dam failed in the open position causing the Lady Bird Lake level to begin dropping. The cause of the failure is under investigation. As of 2 p.m., the water level at…
The City of Austin will open Cold Weather Shelters on Saturday
With a strong cold front moving into Central Texas on Saturday morning and a secondary push of cold air late Saturday into Sunday morning, the City of Austin will open overnight Cold Weather Shelters (CSW) Saturday night, Jan. 18. Cold Weather…
Capital Delivery Services Hosts “Building Austin” Event on February 20, 2025 Featuring Northeast Austin Construction Projects
The City of Austin Capital Delivery Services (CDS) invites the community to the next “Building Austin” event, part of a quarterly informational series on Austin infrastructure projects. This event, taking place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb…