$175-million project would add trails, amphitheater to San Pedro Creek Linear park would run for two miles downtown

Proposed designs from Mu(n)oz & Co. show recreational and cultural amenities on San Pedro Creek downtown. A $175 million project, managed by San Antonio River Authority and funded by Bexar County, will transform the creek from near Fox Tech High School to south of downtown. Construction begins May 2016, with completion on the initial downtown phase in May 2018. less Proposed designs from Mu(n)oz & Co. show recreational and cultural amenities on San Pedro Creek downtown. A $175 million project, managed by San Antonio River Authority and funded by Bexar County, will ... more Photo: Muñoz & Co. / Courtesy Illustration Photo: Muñoz & Co. / Courtesy Illustration Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close $175-million project would add trails, amphitheater to San Pedro Creek 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

After three years of study, ambitious plans to transform San Pedro Creek downtown in time for the city’s 2018 tricentennial are moving forward.

On Tuesday, Bexar County Commissioners Court unanimously approved tentative designs that will convert a concrete-lined ditch into 2-mile, linear park through the western part of downtown.

The project from near Fox Tech High School to Southtown will have an amphitheater near Houston Street, reminiscent of the Arneson River Theater, as a dazzling centerpiece.

The $175 million project, managed by the San Antonio River Authority, initially was launched with a $125 million Bexar County contribution in 2013. Since then, the design team of HDR Engineering, with primary partners Muñoz & Co., and Pape Dawson Engineers, has been developing designs for a four-phase project.

The $84 million first phase, from near Fox Tech to César Chávez Boulevard, is targeted for completion in May 2018 to coincide with that year’s 300th birthday observance for San Antonio.

A second segment costing $26 million, between Guadalupe and South Alamo streets, would be finished by the end of 2018, officials said.

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