Members of the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space bond committee Monday voted to take $2 million from the Hardberger Park land bridge, a vision birthed in 2014, and allocate it to McAllister Park.
The park is currently split in half by Wurzbach Parkway. City staff originally proposed dishing out $7.5 million from the $116 million parks bond and $7.5 million from the streets bond to the bridge, which would provide a valuable connection for people and wildlife to cross from one side of the park to the other.
The proposition of reallocating the funds to McAllister Park was “in the spirit of cooperation and compromise,” said District 8 committee member Doug McMurry at the meeting, but got mixed reviews from others.
The city needs to finish construction of Hardberger Park. When the two parts are connected, it will be one of the two great parks in San Antonio (along with Brackenridge). Right now while in two parts, it is essentially just two neighborhood parks.