Part of Lake Travis closed for fire fighting effort


Posted: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 04:07 PM - 8,877 Readers

By: KVUE


A portion of Lake Travis is closed to allow aircraft to draw water from the lake to fight wildfires. The area from Mile Marker 1 to Mansfield Dam is closed to all traffic effectively immediately.

The boat ramp at Mansfield Dam Park is closed, but the park remains open. Boats can be removed from the water, but no launches will be permitted until the aircraft operations are completed later Monday.

LCRA officials will let the media know when that portion of the lake is reopened.




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