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The San Antonio River Improvements Project is a $216.6 million on-going investment by the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the San Antonio River Foundation in flood control, amenities, ecosystem restoration and recreational improvements along 13 miles of the San Antonio River from Josephine Street south to Loop 410 South. Throughout the project, the San Antonio River Authority will provide project and technical management, as well as overall project coordination between the project partners.
The San Antonio River Improvements Project is comprised of three distinctive reaches: The Museum Reach, a four mile segment of the river from Hildebrand Avenue south to Lexington Avenue; the Downtown Reach, a segment of the original River Walk from Houston Street to Lexington Avenue and the Mission Reach, a nine-mile section of the river extending from Alamo Street south to Loop 410 South and including the Eagleland Project.
A concerted community effort to revitalize the river began in 1998 when Bexar County, the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio River Authority created the San Antonio River Oversight Committee. The 22 civic and neighborhood leaders appointed to the committee were given the responsibility of overseeing the planning, design, project management, construction and funding necessary to complete the project. In addition, the committee was charged with providing an open public forum for citizen input into the project's development. The Oversight Committee meets monthly and is co-chaired by former mayor Lila Cockrell and architect Irby Hightower.
To view interactive maps with design plans for the Museum and Historic Mission reaches, click on the appropriate icon on the map to the left.
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