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Reclaiming East Austin’s Defunct Holly Street Power Plant Starts Now

https://austin.towers.net/reclaiming...nt-starts-now/

The long saga of decommissioning East Austin’s controversial Holly Street Power Plant shifts into a new gear this month, only a short 14 years after the facility’s 2007 closure. The plant generated electricity for 47 years at the eastern shore of Lady Bird Lake in the Holly neighborhood, but ceased operations after years of protest by nearby residents over its environmental impact — now, after more than a decade of planning efforts, the site hosted a groundbreaking event last weekend commemorating the start of phase one improvements to the shoreline in this area. For a project that’s often made us feel like the whole city’s moving in slow motion, it’s a good start

Thank god - that part of the lake is always a little scary - though I will miss the little graffiti wall on the current trail.