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Austin planners outline Great Streets update, stress accessibility and funding questions
Summary
Austin Planning told the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities it completed an eight-month inventory of 230 downtown block faces for the Great Streets update, identified maintenance and accessibility gaps, and expects to seek council adoption in winter 2027; funding and expansion remain tied to developer participation and capital projects.
Austin Planning staff on April 10 briefed the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities on an update to the city’s Great Streets program, describing an eight-month inventory and new standards aimed at improving downtown pedestrian experience and accessibility.
"We walked 230 block faces in downtown that where Great Street is already installed," said Jill Amezquah, principal planner in Austin Planning’s Urban Design Division, describing the existing-conditions analysis that informed the update. Amezquah said the inventory highlighted high-scoring assets such as lighting, bike racks and trees and recurring problems including worn benches and trash around receptacles.
The presentation framed…
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