Some Austin council members suggest 'clawing back' money for cap and stitch roadway elements

Austin’s I-35 cap-and-stitch vision faces uncertain funding future

City staff have recommended against spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build public decks and park space atop I-35.

Austin City Council urged to pause plan for parks over I-35

City staff warned council members against committing more money to caps over I-35 as costs climb and no outside funding has emerged.

Some Austin council members suggest 'clawing back' money for cap and stitch roadway elements

At a work session Tuesday, some Austin City Council members suggested they were open to "clawing back" some of the $104 million in funding they previously approved to build the roadway elements for 'caps and stitches' -- or decks with parks on them -- over the state's I-35 highway expansion.

I-35 Cap & Stitch: City has to figure out how to pay for cap decks

Austin City Council is trying to figure out how to pay for park decks that will go over the highway. It's part of the I-35 Cap and Stitch project.

Austin Council Grapples with Funding Challenges for Cap and Stitch Plan

Austin City Council members are facing growing challenges in finding a way to pay for the city’s ambitious “Cap and Stitch” project over Interstate 35, as discussions continue over how to fund the multi-hundred-million-dollar effort. During a recent work session, city staff presented a potential financing plan for the project, which aims to build decks over portions of I-35 that would eventually support parks, public spaces, and pedestrian conne…