Austin City Council unanimously passed a resolution directing the city manager to come up with a safety plan for people walking around the Rainey Street Historic District.
A wooden fence separates the Rainey Street trailhead of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and Lady Bird Lake.Thursday directing the city manager to come up with a safety plan for people walking around the Rainey Street Historic District.
Two recent drownings in Lady Bird Lake renewed concern about nighttime safety near the Rainey Street trailhead, where three other drownings occurred between 2014 and 2018. Authorities have said there is no indication of foul play in any of the cases. “My son went off the Congress Street Bridge, where tens of thousands of people pass daily, hundreds of thousands of people probably cross yearly, and there’s not one camera down there working, not one,” he told council members. “So we really need for the city to not only add cameras to the Rainey Street District, but all over the city.”
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