🚧 Permanent barricades on Sixth

🐐 Want To Adopt a Goat?

Goats returned to the Ann and Roy Butler Hike And Bike Trail last week to eat overgrown vegetation through Friday. If you’ve been looking for a way to support the goats (because obviously you have), you can adopt one for $25 a month and support their vegetation-eating journey. [The Trail Conservancy]

🚧 Sixth Street To Get Permanent Barricades

Concrete barricades will be installed along Sixth Street downtown starting Monday. The barricades, which are replacing the water-filled ones that are currently on the street, will be enhanced with graphic designs and paintings. [City of Austin]

📰 New Execution Date Set for Man Saved by Lawmakers

Robert Roberson, a man convicted of killing his daughter in 2002, will now be executed on Oct. 16 after the state issued a new date. Last year, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a stay that stopped Roberson’s execution at the last minute. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🔒 I-35 Construction Will Impact Hike-and-Bike Trail

Construction on Interstate 35 over Lady Bird Lake will start next week, impacting the hike-and-bike trail from Holly Street to Texas 71. Users should expect detours. Parking lots under the highway will be closed, too. [KXAN]