Shovels are set to hit the dirt in Lakeway on Monday morning, when the city hosts a 9:30 a.m. ceremonial groundbreaking for Butler Rough Hollow Park. The project is the second effort funded through Lakeway's 2024 parks bond and is slated to open to the public in summer 2027.
Planned features
The Butler Rough Hollow site is getting a full slate of amenities. Plans call for a hillside amphitheater with limestone-block seating facing a concrete stage, a mountain-bike course, a bank-shot play court and a multisports field equipped with a backstop, fence, baseball bases, and portable soccer goals. The design also includes a shaded, all-abilities playground with roller slides, swings and multiple levels of play, plus a ninja course, pavilion, restrooms and picnic seating, according to Community Impact.
Funding and timeline
The park is part of a voter-approved parks bond package that passed in 2024, totaling roughly $22 million for five city park projects, per the City of Lakeway. City council documents show the ballot initially set aside about $2.1 million for Butler/Rough Hollow Park, though later planning materials and selected alternates have adjusted the estimated costs as the design moved forward.
Groundbreaking details
City officials plan a short public ceremony to mark the start of work. Lakeway Parks & Recreation says the city's forester will hand out free native Texas tree saplings while supplies last, and light refreshments will be available. The event is scheduled for Monday at 9:30 a.m., and local listings note it as the official groundbreaking for Butler Rough Hollow Park, according to LakeTravis.com.
Why it matters
For residents in Rough Hollow and nearby neighborhoods, the new park will add publicly accessible recreation options such as trails, performance space and organized-sport fields that complement the private amenities already built into the master-planned community. City leaders have pushed bond-backed park projects through design and procurement so all five can be delivered on a rolling schedule, and earlier reporting indicated the Butler Rough Hollow construction was expected to take roughly 300 calendar days once work officially begins, according to Community Impact.
The groundbreaking ceremony itself is expected to be brief, so residents who plan to attend should be ready for a quick outdoor morning event. City parks staff say they will share updates as the contractor mobilizes and construction gets underway.
