MANOR – Plans for Valley Park, a 600-acre public park in the $2 billion Whisper Valley housing subdivision, are underway.
The project will be just off the SH 130 tollway along FM 973 and extend east of Taylor Ln.
Plans for the space include picnic areas, manicured open space, playgrounds, shade structures, restrooms, decomposed granite trails, community gardens, an events amphitheater, benches, landscaping, and signage. The park will cost more than $8 million.
The park will be the centerpiece for a new master trail plan that will ultimately connect Austin’s 4,000-acre Walter E Long Metropolitan Park and Lake Walter E. Long, Travis County’s 14-mile trail system and the East Metropolitan Park through Whisper Valley, providing about 20 miles of trails in all.
The park’s first phase will include the design and construction of miles of 12-ft-wide pedestrian trails that extend from the community retail center at FM 973 and along Gilleland Creek to Taylor Ln.
The final design for the first phase of Valley Park is due to be completed in 2025, with construction slated to begin in 2026.
The park is expected to be built in seven phases over six years.
Taurus Investment Holdings is the developer.