South Lamar closed near Barton Springs due to emergency repair

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- South Lamar Boulevard is closed just south of Barton Springs Road Wednesday morning for emergency repairs in the area.
Austin Transportation and Public Works said in a post on X at 7:46 a.m. there was an emergency street closure south of Lamar and Barton Springs and all lanes on Lamar were closed. Real Time Traffic MapAustin Energy's outage map around 8 a.m. showed an outage in the area with the cause listed as "An obstruction to the electrical grid has occurred (e.g., a traffic