Mayor's office: 'No future plans' to rename Austin airport after President Johnson

AUSTIN (KXAN) — There are "no future plans" to move forward with a proposal to rename Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after President Lyndon B. Johnson, a spokesperson for Mayor Kirk Watson told KXAN.

The LBJ Foundation proposed the renaming to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, which President Johnson signed into law in 1964.

"We've had a preliminary conversation with foundation officials about this last year," a spokesperson for the mayor told KXAN.