DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas -- Cycling champ Lance Armstrong is feuding with his neighbors over how to clean up a prized swimming hole.
Critics say the area became polluted after Armstrong began building a dam on his Hill Country ranch.
Authorities say sediment started streaming into Dead Man's Hole, a deep pool fed by a creek that runs through Armstrong's 450-acre ranch west of Austin.
The seven-time Tour de France champion says he's spent $500,000 removing the dam and repairing the creek banks. Several inches of sediment still line the pool's floor.
His neighbors say Armstrong should pay at least $50,000 more to clean the pool. Jerry Hill and several others say they're going public in hopes the dispute can be settled out of court.
Armstrong also has a house in Austin.
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