CITY OF AUSTIN OFFICIALS RECEIVE WRITTEN WARNING FROM ME ABOUT HAZARDOUS OVERHANGING TREE LIMBS ON THE WEST 38TH STREET WALKWAY NEAR SETON MEDICAL CENTER---THE CITED WALKWAY SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OVER SHOAL CREEK TRAIL

 

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Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 05:44:08 PM CDT

Subject: Very dangerous bridge walkway W.38 /Shoal Ck

Photo taken by me about 2 pm today (Tuesday)  along the southern side of West 38th Street in a walkway area overlooking Shoal Creek Trail---which is located  20 or more feet below.

The hazardous overhanging tree limbs are located a matter of feet west of the intersection of Shoal Creek Boulevard and West 38th Street in central Austin. The walkway along the southern side of West 38th extends eastward toward the nearby Medical Park Tower and the nearby Seton Medical Center in central Austin.

 

A senior citizen pedestrian or handicapped pedestrian or pedestrian taller than four (?) feet in height could be hit by these overhanging tree limbs and might lose their balance and fall over the rail and be severely

 injured.

The hazardous area in the photo is also located virtually  across the street from the southern side of the  multi-building compound of the culturally and politically influential Temple Beth Israel Reform Judaism congregation.

Best Wishes,

Austin resident John Kevin McMillan.

Home address: Pebble Creek Apts.,

8805 North Plaza Drive, Bldg. 17, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.

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