People will come down and use it for picnics and kids to play, plus put the boat in the water,” the town's mayor said.

Construction on a new Lackawaxen River access could start "fairly soon," Wayne County Commissioner Brian Smith said.

Massive concrete beams now extend over the water at the east end of Lady Bird Lake as a new three-pronged pedestrian bridge – the first of its kind in Austin – comes together next to the Longhorn Dam.