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Puddles at Zilker caused by blocked pipe
So it’s raining like the dickens right now (the afternoon of Sept. 22) and one wonders: How is this going to affect the Austin City Limits Music Festival?
As the stages are starting to go up around Zilker, there a few giant puddles on the edges of the park.
“The large puddle is caused by a storm drain pipe that is blocked,” said Gene Faulk, the Zilker Park Enhancement project coordinator for the Austin Parks and Recreation Department. “The blocked pipe is located on the south side of Barton Springs Road, which is not within the area that was renovated. PARD staff is in the process of repairing this problem. This will allow the water to drain from the large puddle near Barton Springs Road.”
There is no drainage system installed with the new irrigation system, Faulk said. “Small puddles within the park will occur as before the renovation,” he said. “The leveling that was performed was addressing the ‘humps and bumps’ that had developed over time, not providing positive drainage for the entire site.”
The improvements to Zilker Park were made in the past year and paid for in part by a $2.5 million donation from C3 Presents, the promoters behind ACL Fest.
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