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Neighbors press council to restore street lights on Montrose/US‑59 bridges after long outages
Summary
Residents from Montrose, Boulevard Oaks and nearby neighborhoods said pedestrian and school safety is threatened where bridge and freeway lights have been out for months; councilmembers pledged to ask Houston First and city traffic staff whether decorative lighting and street lights can be decoupled and restored quickly.
Residents from Montrose, Boulevard Oaks and surrounding neighborhoods urged the City Council to restore lighting on several bridges that cross U.S. 59, saying the outages create public‑safety hazards for pedestrians, students and park users.
"These bridges are dark," said Evelyn Crudy (recorded as Veil Crudy in the transcript), a representative of Boulevard Oaks Civic Association. Crudy told the council that 12–14 foot pole lights on multiple bridges between Shepherd and Main have been out for months and that the darkness forces some pedestrians onto streets and contributes to assaults and other safety incidents.
Catherine McNeil, civic‑club president for the neighborhood just south of I‑59, presented a signed letter from three nearby schools asking the city to restore bridge lighting and said the neighborhood is a walking community that relies on the…
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