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Volunteers urge pause and compensation as wastewater pipeline threatens Festival Beach Food Forest
Summary
Volunteers and users of Festival Beach Food Forest told the Austin Parks and Recreation Board they received late notice of a TxDOT wastewater pipeline easement that will trench through the project’s phase‑2 berm. They asked the board to seek a pause, financial mitigation, and better coordination with Austin Water and APR.
Dozens of volunteers and users of the Festival Beach Food Forest told the Austin Parks and Recreation Board at a special meeting on Feb. 2 that a planned temporary wastewater pipeline will destroy a volunteer‑built barrier berm and hundreds of plants unless construction is paused.
Ali Tharp, who said she has contributed more than 3,000 volunteer hours to the Food Forest, told the board she submitted a 54‑page packet documenting a Jan. 6 notice from TxDOT’s community liaison and argued the city and TxDOT failed to provide required notice under Chapter 26 of the…
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