Cedar Park officials approved plans April 23 for the next phase of development at Lakeline Park, including new amenities and priorities that will shape the future of the park. Highlights range from additional parking and restrooms to new trails, educational opportunities and an elevated walkway through the tree canopy.

The details: Different enhancements are planned for five separate areas in Phase 2.

• Southern Meadows: Improvements for this area include an additional parking lot and restrooms, a disc golf course, a nature play area and an educational walking area.
• Southern Woodlands: The most significant enhancement planned for this area is an elevated canopy walk with an outlook over the lake. Other plans include additional trails and an "interactive" kayak stop on the lake.
• Cultural Lakefront Promenade: This is the most developed area of the existing park. Plans include a gathering space, deck and rebuilt pavilion along the lakefront.
• Health-Sports Loop: Additional restrooms near the soccer fields, a new "athletics social grove" and more trees.
• Western Woodlands: New trails will extend the Brushy Creek Regional Trail.

Family Barn, a locally owned indoor playground and coffee shop, opened this month in Cedar Park. Owner Jane Korenskiy said her goal is to provide a safe and vibrant play environment for kids and a relaxing space for parents.
The Cedar Park location is the second Family Barn. The first is in Georgetown.

What parents should know: The playground is for kids ages 6 months to 6 years. Parents are asked to book a play session online in advance.
Family Barn is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

What's on the menu: While parents wait, they can enjoy coffee, tea, smoothies and bagels from the coffee shop.

• Opened May 1
• 3115 Kenai Drive, Ste. 100, Cedar Park

Check out the latest Austin metro transportation project updates.

Upcoming projects
Lakeline Boulevard shared-use path
Project: A 10-foot paved shared-use path is planned along Lakeline Boulevard in Cedar Park between New Hope Drive and Little Elm Trail to improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity.
Update: According to city officials, design is 90% complete. Plans have been revised to modify an existing roadway bridge rather than construct a new pedestrian bridge, with final design and permitting ongoing.

• Timeline: 2024-26
• Cost: $10.5 million
• Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation

• Timeline: 2026-29
• Cost: $68.4 million
• Funding source: Austin 2016 mobility bond, TxDOT

Texas retailers can keep various smokable hemp products on their shelves through late July, a Travis County judge ruled May 1.

The overiew: Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle’s ruling prohibits the Texas Department of State Health Services, which regulates and licenses consumable hemp businesses, from enforcing new THC testing requirements and sharply increasing licensing fees.

The hemp industry previously argued that the DSHS was overstepping its regulatory authority by changing how Texas classifies THC content. State officials have defended the reclassification and other rules as in line with a September executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott.

What it means: DeSeta Lyttle’s temporary injunction extends an earlier pause on the DSHS rules, which was issued April 10.

The pause applies to all consumable hemp businesses in Texas, allowing them to continue producing, manufacturing and selling smokable products until at least July 27, when a final court trial is scheduled. That could change if the state appeals the ruling to a higher court.