Having a hard time keeping up with all the changes going on around Austin? Me too!
Hello! My name is Ian, and I'm doing my best to keep up with the changes around me. This website is my notepad for some of the [[Events|events]] I go to.
Ian
> [!warning] Work in progress
> This page — like all of Changes Around Me — is a work in progress, as it will always be :)
## What's going on?
- The general I-35 *CapEx* project, but specifically [[I-35 Between the Lake and E Cesar Chavez]]
- [[Red Line Double Tracking and E 5th Street|The improvements to E 5th St and the adjacent Red Line]]
- [[E Cesar Chavez, Pleasant Valley–Shady Ln|The upgrades to sidewalks (and more) along E. Cesar Chavez between Pleasant Valley and 183]]
- A project to improve the alleyway south of East Cesar Chavez: [project homepage](https://somethinggoodinitiative.org/alleyway-project)
```mermaid
gantt
title Construction Timelines
dateFormat YYYY
axisFormat %Y
I-35 : t1, 2025, 2033
E Cesar Chavez (East seg) : t2, 2027, 2029
E 5th St/Red Line : t3, 2027, 2029
Light Rail : t4, 2027, 2033
Convention Center : t5, 2025, 2029
```
*Rounded to the nearest year*
## Upcoming
| When | What |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| 6 June 2026 | Waterloo Greenway Phase 2 Opening |
| 6 June 2026 | MACC Opening Celebration |
| 7 June 2026 | 800/837 Metro Rapid<br><br>*Launch event is 12 June* |