Boerne Heritage Volkspark Opens on Adler Road Next Spring. Adler Road's Own Rebuild Comes After.

On a site off Adler Road, the city's August construction report described walls going up and concrete being poured on nearly 40 acres that most Boerne drivers have passed for years without stopping. This site used to be called Northside Community Park. In June 2026, City Council voted unanimously to rename it Boerne Heritage Volkspark, after asking the community for input, and the city now calls it its next signature park.

The park is set to open in spring 2027. The street in front of it is also set to be rebuilt, in what the city calls the largest road project in its history, with construction expected to start in late 2027 or early 2028. Voters approved both projects in the same bond election, so they're closely tied. They just finish in a set order, and the park's first season comes before the road work.

One bond election, two projects on Adler Road

The city has owned the land for nearly two decades. Boerne bought it after voters approved a bond program in 2007, and until now the site had only small improvements, such as a skate park and a restroom building. In 2022, voters approved another bond program to fully develop the park, and the project also received a $750,000 grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

That 2022 vote also covered the full reconstruction of Adler Road. The two projects have moved at different speeds since then. The park is now well into construction at a cost of $17.25 million, which City Councilman Ty Wolosin called, in comments reported by My Boerne News, "the single largest parks investment the City has ever made." The road is still in design.

What was already built by late September

Special projects staff gave City Council a construction update at its Sept. 22, 2026 meeting, the first since February. Several parts of the park were finished, and the rest were well along.

The road base mattered most for future visitors, because it means the park will have a paved road running through it. The dog park being "released" is a handoff between city departments. It is not the same as a public opening.

Phase one is the first stage of what the city calls its premier destination for parks and recreation, and it includes:

• An all-abilities playground
• A splash pad
• Two multi-use sports fields with lights
• Two covered basketball courts
• 12 outdoor pickleball courts
• A dog park
• A food truck park
• A half-mile paved ADA walking trail

The two multipurpose fields will have a high-performance irrigation system designed to cut water waste while keeping the playing surfaces safe and durable all year.

The work visitors won't see

A lot of the $17.25 million is going into features that will be out of sight once the park opens. Before rainwater reaches one of the park's two main detention basins, a perforated underground drain system will collect it, filter it through a mix of clay and soil, and send it on to the storm drain system. Special Projects Director Paul Barwick called the stormwater bioretention system one of the biggest features of the project. The low-impact development features under construction will be covered with grass, rock and other plants when the park is finished. The city points to the drainage landscaping at the Patrick Heath Public Library as an example of what the finished work will look like.

The Boerne chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas has a role too. A 5,500-gallon rainwater harvesting tank near the food truck area will give its volunteers collected rainwater for maintaining the nearby landscaping. The design keeps more than 96% of the existing trees, adds nearly 100 new ones and leaves several acres undisturbed. According to the city, this is the first time features meeting its drainage protection zone and low-impact development requirements have been built into a public green space in Boerne or Kendall County.

Parks and Recreation Director Lissette Jimenez described the goal to My Boerne News:

"This project has truly been a balancing act as we create a park with the amenities residents want while preserving its natural features."

Adler Road reopened this summer, and the full rebuild is still in design

Adler Road had a hard summer, but the work was the setup for the reconstruction, not the reconstruction itself. Crews were replacing culverts at No Name Creek and Currey Creek, a separate project of about $5 million that Kendall County is helping pay for with $1.5 million. After flooding on July 15 damaged the No Name Creek work site, that section was fully closed to vehicles and pedestrians. Crews finished the final paving at both creek sites on Aug. 26, and two-way traffic returned on Friday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m., ahead of schedule.

In its Oct. 7 budget update, the city said work would continue at both sites while crews finished the culverts, but the road was fully open to two-way traffic. It also said the culverts were designed to line up with the larger reconstruction. That larger project will completely rebuild Adler Road from Esser Road to Main Street. It will widen the road to three lanes with a continuous center turn lane and add new sidewalks and a shared-use path. In July 2024, a city design update described a 10-foot shared-use path on the north side, a five-foot sidewalk on the south side and a roundabout at Plant Street.

The timeline is the key detail. In the Oct. 7 update, design was nearing completion, design work would continue through 2027, and construction was expected to start in late 2027 or early 2028. The Engineering and Mobility Department plans several community engagement opportunities so neighbors can help set a construction schedule that limits the disruption.

The order things will happen

Here are the park, the road and the nearby connections in the order the city has scheduled them:

1. Aug. 28, 2026: Adler Road reopened to two-way traffic at the No Name Creek and Currey Creek culvert sites.
2. Spring 2027: Boerne Heritage Volkspark is set to open, after more than a year of construction.
3. 2027: A new steel bridge replaces the narrow wooden pedestrian bridge on the Old No. 9 Trail behind the library, with help from a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department grant. New sidewalks are also planned on East Hosack, West Hosack, West Theissen and Schweppe streets and on Herff and City Park roads, plus a short extension of the Old No. 9 Trail. A grant from the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization covers 80% of that work.
4. Through 2027: Adler Road design continues, along with community engagement on when construction should happen.
5. Late 2027 or early 2028: Reconstruction of Adler Road from Esser Road to Main Street is expected to begin.

Put together, the schedule means families will reach the splash pad, the pickleball courts and the dog park on Adler Road as it is now for at least the park's first season. The new center turn lane, sidewalks and shared-use path come after that. The road engagement meetings planned for 2027 will set the construction schedule for the street that leads to the city's newest park, so they matter to anyone who drives Adler. You can follow progress on the city's Boerne Heritage Volkspark project page and through Boerne Parks and Recreation.

If you live off Adler Road and are wondering what the next two years of park traffic and road construction could mean for your street or your plans, I'm glad to talk it through with you. JoHelen Clark follows Boerne's projects closely and gives straight answers, whether you're staying put or thinking about a move. Let's Connect.