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Hamilton Pool, Bee Creek: 5 western Travis County transportation updates

Here are five ongoing transportation projects in western Travis County, according to county information.

Ongoing projects
Bee Creek Sports Complex, Phase II
Work includes the construction of synthetic sports Fields 6 and 7 and associated infrastructure at Bee Creek Sports Complex.

  • Update: Construction is 20% complete as of April.
  • Timeline: end of 2025-third quarter of 2026

Hamilton Pool Road Safety Improvement Project Phase II
The project will add shoulders, turn lanes and an increasing curve radius along Hamilton Pool Road, from east of the Pedernales River to east of High Plains Drive.
  • Update: Design for the project is complete, and the project in full is 50% complete as of April.
  • Timeline: second quarter of 2026-end of 2026

Upcoming projects
Cardinal Hills Estates street improvements
The project will improve right of way for sections of Lawrence Drive, Sutton Drive and Lariat Trail to meet the Travis County standards required to integrate the roads into ongoing county maintenance programs.
  • Update: The project is 7% complete as of April.
  • Timeline: design to be completed fourth quarter 2026

 
On The Business Beat
Anderson Parker offers boutique children's clothes, gifts in Westlake

Children's boutique Anderson Parker has brought a variety of baby and children’s clothes, gifts items, monogramming services and more to Westlake and the surrounding communities since March 2025.

A family affair: Owner Michael McCollum Adams and her family moved from Washington D.C. to Austin in 2023. After 16 years of working in politics, Adams decided to shift to something “a little more lighthearted” with her stepmother Meredith McCollum.

What they offer: The boutique carries over 80 different children's clothing brands such as Courtside Kids, Properly Tied and Little English, which feature boys and girls tops, bottoms, pajama sets, swimwear and outerwear. Along with clothing, the store sells seasonal gift items and is one of the largest retailers for travel products such as wipeable vinyl-lined backpacks, bottle bags, diaper bags and more.

Meredith McCollum also operates the monogramming side of the business, taking at least 100 monogram orders a week. The store specializes in monogramming in-house products such as baby blankets and onesies.

  • 3300 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 375, Austin

 

FOODIE FRIDAY
Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Austin area.

Smithville winery Frontier Cellars opens with Texas wines, small bites

Set on 73 acres, this winery offers a tasting room overlooking a two-acre lake where guests can enjoy wine made exclusively from Texas-grown grapes as well as small bites like Neapolitan-style flatbread, herbed cheese spreads and charcuterie. The winery currently offers five wines—each bottle featuring artwork paired with a backstory tied to its label.


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🍜 Spicy House brings Sichuan cuisine to Northwest Austin
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🍽️ Tiny Grocer Café to serve all-day brunch, dinner at Hyde Park grocery store
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🥞 First Watch brings breakfast favorites to Burleson Crossing East
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🍴 Canyon Grille to reopen following 1-week transformation
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🍖 SP Brazilian Steakhouse serves prime cuts, family traditions in Lakeway
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Crawfish KRAK House moves to Del Valle after Back 9 Bar closure

After its previous host site closed in January, owner Kris Martinez is now serving Louisiana-style crawfish outside of Mexican bar and grill Santo Patio in Del Valle. He called his boils, which are available for purchase from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, “straight-from-the-bayou spicy.”


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Travis County to withhold 9% of tax rebate to Tesla for 'incomplete documentation'

Electric car manufacturer Tesla will receive less of a tax rebate than initially expected from Travis County due to “partial noncompliance” with the performance-based agreement.

Since 2020, the county has promised Tesla millions in tax incentives to build Giga Texas—a 10-million-square-foot electric car manufacturing plant near Del Valle. At an April 7 meeting, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted to withhold 9% of funds allocated for 2020-22 after receiving “incomplete documentation” from Colorado River Project, a subsidiary company of Tesla, County Judge Andy Brown said.

"We have to continue to demand accountability in future compliance conversations," Commissioner Ann Howard said.

The overview: Under the agreement, Tesla would receive a 70% rebate on its maintenance and operations property taxes for the first $1.09 billion invested through Giga Texas. To receive these rebates, the company was required to create at least 5,001 new full-time jobs—50% of which must be filled by Travis County residents—among other requirements.

Tesla was projected to receive a $14.65 million rebate over 10 years, according to 2020 county estimates.

 

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