Marble Falls rolls out ‘project portal’
The Bank of the West construction site on U.S. 281 in Marble Falls is one of the many projects that is now trackable through the city’s “project portal” which launched on Thursday, Nov. 6. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey
There is a lot of development happening in Marble Falls and the city recently released a new, online “project portal” where residents can keep up with commercial, public, and residential undertakings.
The portal went live on Thursday, Nov. 6 on the Marble Falls city website, offering brief summaries of dozens of projects that include construction timelines, costs, and scale. There is also now an interactive map of the city that shows project locations accompanied by photos of construction progress.
“Our goals are transparency and communication,” Marble Falls Downtown and Marketing Manager Erin Burks told DailyTrib.com. “We know how frustrating it is to see construction and not know what it is, especially if it impacts your day-to-day life. Or even just to satisfy curiosity. We wanted to develop a tool to help.”
The project portal is a collaboration between the Marble Falls Public Relations Office, Marketing Department, City Engineer’s Office, and Development Services.
The current list of projects on the portal is not all encompassing, but does include most of the high-profile construction sites across the city. The portal will be updated regularly by city staff and evolve depending on feedback from the public.
“The reason we wanted to do this is that we wanted to give residents as much information as we can about these projects and their timelines,” City Engineer Jeff Prato said.
Some of the more obvious projects are The Ophelia Hotel & Conference Center and Bank of the West, but the new interactive map also shows progress on other projects that are tucked away, like Marble Falls Storage and the Thunder Rock Sports Complex.
See the project portal page at this link.
See the interactive map at this link.