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Mayor Gray and DC Water GM Hawkins celebrate flood mitigation projects in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods

June 20, 2014

Join DC Water General Manager George S. Hawkins and District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray for the groundbreaking for the First Street Tunnel, a critical step forward in the effort to alleviate flooding in the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods.

Please join us to celebrate the start of this accelerated project and two other stormwater mitigation measures already in operation.

Visuals include traditional groundbreaking with shovels for the First Street Tunnel, a visit to the McMillan stormwater storage site where stormwater is captured during storms.

Who: District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray
DC Water General Manager George S. Hawkins

When: Friday, June 27, 2014
10:00 a.m.

Where: First Street and Channing Street, NW

Limited onsite parking available on First Street.
Vehicle access from the intersection of First Street, NW and Michigan Avenue. There is also pedestrian access on First Street, walking south from Michigan Avenue, or north from Bryant Street.

Note for members of the media: If you plan to attend, please RSVP to John.lisle@dcwater.com.

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