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<h2 style="font-size: 180%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 30, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 35px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Lee White, P.E., PTOE
<br />Engineer
<br />Utilities
<br />City of Columbia
<br />Lee.White@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.7252
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<br />Kori Thompson, P.E.
<br />Engineering Supervisor
<br />Utilities
<br />City of Columbia
<br />Kori.Thompson@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.6380</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:145%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Interested parties meeting regarding Grace Ellen Drive sewer improvement project scheduled for June 6</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The City of Columbia Sewer Utility is holding an interested parties meeting Thursday, June 6 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 1C in City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, to discuss the upcoming private common collector elimination (PCCE) 27 sewer project located near Grace Ellen Drive.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Information and diagrams showing the proposed project will be available for public review and City staff will be present to answer questions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of this meeting is to present the plan for disconnecting properties from the private common collector in the area, constructing a new public sewer and connecting these property laterals into the new system. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The City will have a better idea of the project schedule after the meeting. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private common collectors are major sources of inflow and infiltration of stormwater into the sewer system. By replacing the outdated, private sewer and connecting these properties into the publicly maintained sewer, the City can reduce the occurrence of backups and overflows. </span><strong> <br /></strong></p></div>
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