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#AustinSidewalkProject Update: May 2023

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ASP Overview Long time no see. The past few months have been very busy, and very little notable progress was made on the project. But it's summer now, and a goal has been set: map every sidewalk in South Austin by the end of August. Let's see what progress has been made to that end. In May, the project mapped sidewalks in several neighborhoods along South 1st Street, pushing towards the completion of all sidewalks south of Ben White and west of I-35. Long-dormant neighborhoods at the road's southern end were finally completed, and new areas further north were begun. OpenStreetMap view of South-Far South Austin. Neighborhoods mapped in May 2023 in blue. Far South South 1st Completing the cluster of neighborhoods at South 1st Street's southern end, Knolls of Slaughter Creek was mapped in full this May. The neighborhood, with its horse-themed street names and winding layout, has sidewalks on both sides of every road. That's more common in this part of Austin than in ot