A plan to add parks over I-35 in Austin is expected to move forward despite the loss of a $105 million federal grant.
A city spokesperson told KUT News on Friday that “the downtown Austin highway caps approved by City Council will continue to move forward.”
The city was set to receive the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant to help pay for parks on decks installed over the highway after the state lowers the main lanes. In a memo sent to the City Council on Wednesday, Carrie Rogers, the city’s intergovernmental relations officer, said the funding had been rescinded after the grant was eliminated under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act…