Travis County Commissioners Court has approved in principal a 20-year, 80% tax rebate with RRE Austin Solar LLC, an investment consortium seeking to invest $200 million over three to four years on a 60 MW solar power production facility in northeastern Travis County. At the time of completion the facility will be the largest in the southwestern United States. Read More »

Elected officials and neighborhood leaders celebrated the renovation of Gattis School Road at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today.  Improvements to a 1.6 mile stretch of the road included widening the roadway and adding more lanes, creating turn lanes at major intersections, and adding sidewalks and bicycle paths.  The improvements cost about $6.3 million and were completed over a two-year period. Read More »

Austin, TX – Travis County has completed its purchase of a 15-story office tower and adjacent parking garage in downtown Austin, a building intended to serve as the government’s new county seat.  Closing documents were signed today.  The Commissioners Court unanimously voted in January to pursue the purchase of 700 Lavaca, to address the long-standing and well-documented space shortage needs of its downtown government campus. Read More »

Travis County and all other parties have reached agreement on the terms of an historic settlement in the dispute over the discharge of sediment into Hamilton Creek in 2007 that resulted in significant degradation of the ecologically and culturally significant landmark, Hamilton Pool.  The parties had agreed to seek a settlement through mediation in an effort to avoid litigation. Read More »

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg today announced that Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical Corporation has paid fines totaling $2,750,000 as part of a plea agreement with the Freeport, Texas based company.  In addition to the fines, the company has one year to make significant improvements in its operations or face additional prosecutions. Read More »