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Resident tells Montgomery council city engineers missed repeated erosion warnings on Town Creek

City of Montgomery City Council · January 28, 2026
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Philip Lefebvre told the council he warned the city from 2018–2022 about erosion on Town Creek and that the city’s bridge repairs and design choices likely caused further erosion and wasted taxpayer funds; he urged reinstating independent checks on engineering contracts.

Philip Lefebvre used the public‑comment period at the Jan. 13 Montgomery City Council meeting to outline what he described as repeated, unheeded warnings to the city about erosion on Town Creek and design problems tied to a bridge repair.

Lefebvre said he sent multiple emails to city officials while Town Creek and the Town Creek Bridge were being repaired after Hurricane Harvey. He told the council he warned the…

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