MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release

February 22, 2010

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*Contacts:*

Christine Favilla: [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, (618) 462-6802

Glynnis Collins: [log in to unmask] 
<file:///C:[log in to unmask]>, 
(217) 344-2371

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*Big Price - little benefit:*

*Proposed Upper Mississippi River Locks Are Not Economically Justified*

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A new report from the Nicollet Island Coalition and supplemental 
economic analysis from Dr. Don Sweeney, Associate Director, The Center 
for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, 
evaluate seven new Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway locks 
proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Regional experts will discuss the economics of the proposed locks, 
including under-funded river restoration – and how taxpayers could be 
saddled with a $2.2 billion price tag for unnecessary lock construction. 
A Q&A session will follow. (Dr. Sweeney, former lead economist for the 
Corps’ lock feasibility study, will be present for questions regarding 
methodology.)

*An embargoed (Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m. CST) copy of the report is available 
online at www.iwla.org/bigprice <http://www.iwla.org/bigprice>. *

*When: February 23, 2010*

9:30–10:30am Central Time

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*Where: Trailnet (Confluence Greenway Office)*

1533 Washington Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63103

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*Call-In Number: (877) 827-2963*

*Conference ID: 56950549*

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*Please RSVP to [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you plan to attend or call in.*

The Nicollet Island Coalition is a group of conservation and 
environmental organizations formed in 1994 to promote restoration of the 
Upper Mississippi River. Coalition partners from the Izaak Walton League 
of America, National Wildlife Federation, Prairie Rivers Network, and 
Sierra Club will participate in the press event.

Best,

Christine Favilla

Three Rivers Project Coordinator

Piasa Palisades Group of the Sierra Club

223 Market Street

Alton, IL. 62002

Phone: 618.462.6802

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http://illinois.sierraclub.org/piasapalisades

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