City creates plan to keep downtown 'vibrant' amid large-scale construction projects

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin City Council has established the Downtown Austin Strategic Initiative so that downtown remains safe, accessible and vibrant while transformative projects are underway.Large-scale downtown private and public projects – such as the I-35 Capital Express Central Project and the Austin Convention Center remodel  – have already started or will start soon. The city unanimously approved Thursday the new office to oversee those projects. “We ha