Volunteers with Central Texas Food Bank load groceries for clients during an emergency relief food distribution on Tue., Dec. 29, at Del Valle High School. The agency’s final mass distribution event of the year is today, Dec. 30, at Nelson Field (7105 Berkman) from 9am to noon. For more info, visit www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/food-assistance/get-food-now. (Photo by John Anderson)
Entering 2021 in a State of Emergency : Last week
Austin Public Health announced Austin-Travis County had entered
Stage 5 – the highest level of local pandemic restrictions – of APH s
COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines. Late Wednesday, APH announced a 10:30pm-6:30am prohibition on dine-in service (take-out is still OK) from Dec. 31-Jan.3. Read more.
for Tuesday, Wednesday
The Central Texas Food Bank will distribute free food using its mobile food pantries to help those who are facing increased food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Del Valle High School, 5201 Ross Road; and Wednesday at Nelson Field, 7105 Berkman Drive, in Northeast Austin.
Attendees will receive an assortment of food items that will vary, depending on supplies.
The food distribution is primarily designed as a drive-thru event, though no one in need will be turned away.
For more information: centraltexasfoodbank.org.
ZILKER PARK
offered on weekends
Austin Resource Recovery will offer tree recycling services from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 2-3 and Jan. 9-10 at the polo fields at Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road.
Improvements ahead for substandard Ross Road in Del Valle
In Del Valle, Ross Road has become somewhat notorious for its lack of capacity as the area has boomed in recent years.
For Del Valle residents and parents of students at several Del Valle schools, the good news is that some relief is on the way. The bad news is that they won t see much until at least 2023.
The bond package provides money for sidewalks, trails bike lanes and a new pedestrian bridge across Lady Bird Lake, and it also include funding for improvements several local roadways.
Ross Road is one of nine roads the city identified as substandard during research funded by 2016 s mobility bond. The road is about a 3.5-mile stretch that weaves in and out of Austin s city limits in a southeastern outskirts of the city south of Texas 71 and east of the Texas 130 toll road.
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