News Releases for April 2009
April 27, 2009
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Hoeven, Pawlenty, Dorgan, Conrad, Pomeroy, Peterson, Klobuchar to Hold Joint Meeting with Army Corps
BISMARCK, N.D.- Gov. John Hoeven, Sen. Byron Dorgan, Sen. Kent Conrad, and Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Colin Peterson and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota will co-host a meeting Tuesday, May 5 in Washington, D.C. with the Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to advance a permanent flood protection project in the Red River basin. The Governors held a news conference earlier this month to announce the joint effort.
They will be joined by Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker; Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney; Moorhead Mayor Mark Voxland; Cass County Commission Chair Robyn Sorum; as well as other city, county and state officials.
The group will meet with top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials to advance planning and construction of a Corps-sponsored project to address broad-based flood protection in the Fargo-Moorhead area of the Red River Valley.
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