AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin City Council voted Thursday to move forward with committing $104 million to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the roadway elements of "caps and stitches" over TxDOT's I-35 project.
Those "caps and stitches" are decks over the highway that may eventually support parks, trails and community spaces.
The funding committed Thursday will support caps between Cesar Chavez Street and Fourth Street, between Fourth Street and Seventh Street and between 11th Street and 12th Street. It also covers two stitches, which are thinner than caps, in north Austin.
This specific plan was brought forward by Austin City Council Member Zo Qadri. Council Members Krista Laine and Marc Duchen voted no on the resolution. Council Member Mike Siegel abstained.
"I wish we could cap every inch of I-35 from Lady Bird Lake to 51st Street. But I'm glad we were able to make the investments we made," Council Member Chito Vela wrote on social media after the vote.
Past coverage:
Funding vote Thursday for park decks over I-35, Austin city council split on road forward Parks over I-35: Mayor to vote for more conservative plan amid council split Parks over I-35: In final push, some Austin city council members pitch new $143M plan Artist rendering of a cap over I-35 between Cesar Chavez and 4th Street looking north (Photo: Austin's Cap and Stitch Project vision plan)Austin City Council still has time to commit to funding the actual cap structures that will go on top of the support structures funded on Thursday. The deadline for that commitment has been pushed to November 2026.
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