After just over a month being closed, North Thompson Street in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse will reopen this afternoon. This morning Mayor Toby Powell made the final inspection of the work in preparation for this afternoons ribbon cutting. Just over a month ago construction crews removed all the bricks from the street. Many which were protruding causing a danger to pedestrians. All the bricks including the ones purchased years ago with names were all put in safe keeping. The cause of the road issue was there was never any concrete under the paver’s, just sand. Once the bricks were removed crews also discovered a water leak that had gone undetected for an unknown amount of time. Once that was fixed, crews poured a concrete base and then replaced all the bricks. However there was an added touch. A 35 foot image of the State of Texas is in the center of the road. The image was done using a satellite image then traced onto the road using sharpies. On-hundred-eighteen points were matched and the concrete forms were set and poured. Where Conroe is located a round steel plaque was set. That plaque was donated by Mayor Powell and his wife. While Mayor Powell worked with Industrial Components of Texas in bringing a 71,000 square foot manufacturing facility last August to Conroe he thought about the German Facility which he knew was able to do laser work on steel, Â The bricks which did form Montgomery County which had been there before will be relocated to the Montgomery County Veterans Memorial near the Montgomery County Flag Park. Â At 2 pm this afternoon there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the location. The next phase of the project is to repair the sidewalks.
