MEDIA ADVISORY
14 May 2003
Contacts: David Wilcox • Eaton County Drain Commissioner’s Office • 517-483-3829
Randy Dean • Pace & Partners • 517-267-9800

Delta Township’s Carrier Creek Project Setting Precedent for Environmentally-Sound Drain Projects in Michigan

Drain Commissioners, their staff members, engineers and consultants from throughout Michigan will gather this month to learn more about Delta Township’s Carrier Creek Restoration and Stormwater Management Project. The project, which is the first full creek reconstruction in the state, is being featured as an example of best management practices that balance stormwater drain improvements with environmental conservation.

WHAT: Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners
District Meetings

WHO: Carrier Creek presentation and walk-through by
Eaton County Drain Commissioner Brady Harrington

WHEN: Friday, May 16—NE, NW and SW districts meeting
Tuesday, May 20—SE Michigan district meeting
Presentation at 9:30 a.m.
Bus tour of Carrier Creek at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Best Western Midway Hotel—Main Banquet Room
7711 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing
(I-96 to Exit 93B; east on Saginaw Highway)

Carrier Creek is a designated Eaton County drain, located primarily in Delta Township. It functions as a storm water drain for approximately 11 square miles of Delta and Windsor townships and the City of Lansing.