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Residents ask Montgomery council for leadership on long‑running Macedonia drainage problems
Summary
Residents and neighborhood leaders asked the Montgomery City Council to coordinate city, county, state and federal partners to address decades‑old drainage and stormwater problems in the Macedonia neighborhood. Council members and the mayor pledged to follow up and engage authorities and funding partners.
Residents of the Macedonia neighborhood told the Montgomery City Council on May 20 that long‑standing drainage and stormwater problems have left yards, cemeteries and church grounds flooded after heavy rains and asked the council to lead a coordinated effort to fix the infrastructure.
Mary (Phalen) Jackson, speaking for the Macedonia Community Association, described standing water that in some locations “some have to use a boat to get to their home,” and asked the council and the mayor to convene city, county, state and federal partners to pursue a comprehensive neighborhood improvement…
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