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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 12, 2024</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: John Ogan
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Public Works
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<br />John.Ogan@CoMo.gov
<br />573.239.1837
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<br />Jerry East
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<br />City of Columbia
<br />Jerry.East@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.7474</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">East Starke Avenue to close April 16-17 for brush removal</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, Arthur Ratliff Tree Service, contractor for the City of Columbia Public Works department, will close East Starke Avenue between Brown Station Road and North Oakland Gravel Road to perform brush removal work.<br /><br />Barricades will be in place until April 17 at 5 p.m., at which time work is expected to be completed, weather permitting.<br /><br />Drivers should plan ahead now to find alternative routes.</div>
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