Media Invited to Attend 4th Annual Canal Clean Sweep Kick Off

The New York State Canal Corporation, together with Parks and Trails New York, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC), and the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB), will hold a press conference on Friday, April 17 at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot beside Aqua Vino Restaurant on the Erie Canal in Utica, Oneida County (directions below) to kick-off the 4th Annual Canal Clean Sweep.

The press conference will be held in conjunction with the CPB's Shredding Day event, one of the more than 85 events scheduled to take place throughout the weekend in celebration of Earth Day and in preparation for the upcoming 184th consecutive navigation season.

State and local officials will join Canal Corporation Director Carmella R. Mantello, the CPB Chairperson and Executive Director Mindy A. Bockstein, and officials from Parks and Trails New York and EFC, as well as event organizers.

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:

Take Interchange 31 of the NYS Thruway. Proceed through toll booth and continue straight to downtown crossing over the bridge. At the end of the ramp, take a right onto Genesee Street. Take a right just past the bridge over the Erie Canal. Stay to the right and Harbor Lock Road runs into Aqua Vino's parking lot.

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