Getting over it: Council resists golf carts on bridge

By Samantha Smith

A majority of Garlic Creek residents were up in arms at the last Buda City Council meeting as the council attempted to amend an ordinance to ferry children to Elm Grove Elementary across a pedestrian bridge in golf carts. 

The Buda City Council, however, tabled the agenda item for further discussion after realizing the city could potentially owe money to the state for infrastructure if it changed the ordinance. The bridge is funded through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) through the Texas Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program, which is focused on finding ways for kids to walk and bike to school.