Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: NYS Canal Corporation to Kick off Dredging of Syracuse Inner Harbor

ALBANY, NY (05/25/2010)(readMedia)-- The New York State Canal Corporation will hold a media availability to kick off the dredging project at the Syracuse Inner Harbor on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at the Inner Harbor in Syracuse, Onondaga County (directions below).

Canal Corporation Director Carmella R. Mantello will be joined by officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Syracuse Lakefront Development Corporation to answer questions about the dredging project.

Members of the media, including photographers, are invited to attend.

For more information regarding this event, please call the New York State Canal Corporation at (518) 436-3055.

Directions to Syracuse Inner Harbor:

From the NYS Thruway (from the East): Follow I-90 (NYS Thruway) West to Interchange 36 (I-81 South). Take I-81 South to Interchange 22 (Rt-298/ Bear St). Turn right onto West Bear St/ NY-298. Turn left onto Van Rensselaer St. Turn left into gravel parking lot, immediately on the left at the corner of Bear St. and Van Rensselaer St.

From the NYS Thruway (from the West): Follow I-90 (NYS Thruway) East to Interchange 39. Merge onto I-690 East towards Fairgrounds/I-81/Syracuse. Take Interchange 9 (Rt-298/Bear St) toward I-81 North. Stay straight to go onto West Bear St/NY-298. Turn right onto Van Rensselaer St. Turn left into gravel parking lot, immediately on the left at the corner of Bear St. and Van Rensselaer St.

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