WILLIAMSON COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

 

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BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL GETS NATIONAL RECOGNITION

 

            July 13, 2004 (Williamson County, TX) – Williamson County Judge John Doerfler was presented with a certificate awarding Williamson County’s Brushy Creek Regional Trail the designation of National Recreation Trail at the Williamson County Commissioners’ Court meeting today.  Marta Newkirk DeLaGarza with The National Park Service presented the certificate. 

The announcement initially was made June 5, 2004, at a Get Fit With US celebration held in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton gave the designation to 27 trails.  Brushy Creek Regional Trail was one of only two trails to receive this special designation in Texas.

Brushy Creek Regional Trail stretches from the Creekside Trail Head at the intersection of Brushy Creek Road and Great Oaks Drive west to the new City of Cedar Park Brushy Creek Lake Park.  The approximately 3-mile long trail meanders along Brushy Creek crossing the creek twice and is constructed mostly of crushed granite.  It is part of a planned 8-mile system connecting Hwy. 183 to I.H. 35.  Emergency call boxes are placed every half mile along the trail.  Markers are placed at each 1/10th of a mile.  Use of the trail is free, and it is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. The future vision for the trail is to eventually traverse the county covering approximately 30 miles connecting the Highland Lakes to Milam County.  The trail was designed by Hall-Bargainer,Inc., a Round Rock based landscape architecture firm. 

 

 

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The project was created through the cooperative efforts of Williamson County, the cities of Austin, Cedar Park and Round Rock, Fern Bluff and Brushy Creek Municipal Utility Districts, Avery Ranch Development and several private land owners.  Construction was funded by Williamson County, a $750,000 grant from Texas Parks and

Wildlife, a $200,000 grant from LCRA and generous land donations from private citizens.

“I am most proud that we brought together six government agencies to make this trail a reality,” states Jim Rodgers, director of Parks and Recreation for Williamson County.  “It truly is a regional trail due to their efforts, and it is fitting that their cooperation is rewarded in this way.”

For more information about Williamson County Parks and Recreation, visit their web-site at www.wilco.org/parks.html.

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