There is an area of mature trees at Edward Rendon Sr. Metro Park at Festival Beach with extensive erosion from the surrounding neighborhood’s street runoff. The installation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) projects in the Festival Beach area will help improve the area’s resiliency through the increased stormwater capacity, preservation of mature tree root zones, shoreline stabilization, and on-the-job training for the next generation of urban forestry and stormwater infrastructure professionals.

The Trail Conservancy in partnership with the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department (WPD), has proposed a plan that will:

• Create a series of rain gardens and bioswales to provide green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) that will repair the progressing shoreline erosion
• Protect the urban tree canopy
• Serve as a learning laboratory for the Austin community