media advisory

WHO:	Mayor Shirley Franklin Congressman Jim Oberstar (MN- 8th district) Councilmembers Debi Starnes and Howard Shook Chief Operating Officer Lynnette Young Watershed Management Commissioner Jack Ravan
WHAT:	Mayor and City Officials will lead Congressman Oberstar on a tour of the Nancy Creek Tunnel, one of the key elements in the City’s plan to overhaul its aging wastewater infrastructure. Rep. Oberstar, a 15-term congressman who represents Minnesota’s Eighth District, is the senior Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and an ex officio member of the Water Resources & Environment subcommittee.
WHEN:	Thursday, January 29, 2004 Tour descent at 2:30 p.m.
WHERE:	R. M. Clayton Reclamation Center, 2440 Bolton Rd From downtown, take I-75 North to Moores Mill Road exit. Turn right and proceed to dead end at Bolton Rd. Turn right onto Bolton Road.  The R. M. Clayton WRC Plant is on your right at 2440 Bolton Road.
VISUALS:	Photo Op available of descent into tunnel at approximately 2:30 p.m. and emergence from tunnel at approximately 3:30 p.m.  City Cable 26 will be the pool video camera down in the tunnel.  Tour footage will be made available to television media immediately after tour.
PRESS:	The Mayor and Congressman will be available for interviews above ground immediately after tour

Additional Media Contacts:
Tony Gomez, DWM PIO
404.330.6563; tgomez@atlantaga.gov
Janet Ward, Public Information Manager, Dept. of Watershed Management                    
404.330.6620; 404.787.4812 (cell); jward@atlantaga.gov

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