Wirtz was built in 1951 to create Lake LBJ, with nine gates to pass floodwaters downstream. The LCRA added a 10th gate in 1974 when the original Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant was built nearby in ...

“I asked, ‘Is there more ya’ll can do?'” said Cunningham. Thursday, LCRA released the new safety plan for Lake LBJ which includes additional marking and removal of navigational hazards in ...

Thursday, the LCRA released a list of actions they plan to take to enhance public safety on Lake LBJ. "Hopefully we can get it back to safe and beautiful again," said Kingsland homeowner Rhonda ...

The storm runoff flows into Lake LBJ from the Llano River ... In the wake of May showers, lake levels rose and the LCRA brought drought response down to Stage 1. The water in Austin reservoirs ...

“LCRA is pleased to be responsive to our local elected officials, and at their request, we’ll begin refilling Lake LBJ on February 24.” The date change took Matthew Orlando by surpris ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has opened floodgates at two ... As of Wednesday morning, two floodgates were open at Wirtz Dam on Lake LBJ, while five floodgates were operating at ...

LCRA said boaters should reduce speeds and use ... "There's an island that wasn't there before," Jack Squibb, who lives along the banks of Lake LBJ, said. "The channel has changed, and there's ...

LAKE TRAVIS, Texas — Lake Travis is now more than 140 percent full while the Lower Colorado River Authority has closed lakes Travis, Marble Falls, LBJ, Inks and Buchanan. The afternoon of Oct ...

Lake LBJ will be lowered by about 4 feet until Feb ... for repairs for the next several years due to an upcoming LCRA project on the floodgates at the Tom Miller Dam, officials said.

Texas Game Wardens, LCRA rangers and local first responders ... first algae bloom cleanups of the year at Lady Bird Lake Lake LBJ is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas, about ...

The Highland Lakes west of Austin, which include Lake LBJ and are controlled by the Lower Colorado River Authority, are not closed for recreation, LCRA's Public Information Officer Clara Tuma said.

Under Stage 1, the LCRA requests customers to reduce water ... Wirtz Dam, which forms Lake LBJ, is seen on June 27, 2007, releasing excess water from flash flooding. On Wednesday, two floodgates ...