ADVISORY/LADWP & Councilmember Tom LaBonge To Break Ground On Power System Improvement Project.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Friday (Feb. 28)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

New Power Station Will Ensure Power Reliability, Improve Public

Safety, And Enhance Neighborhood Aesthetics 

What: With shovels in hand and donning construction hard-hats, Los
      Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Assistant General
      Manager Mahmud Chaudhry, Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom
      LaBonge and local community leaders will gather to break ground
      at the site of a new power station in the Hollywood/Mid-Wilshire
      area. The new power distributing station will ensure the
      continued flow of reliable electric power to the residents and
      businesses in the area, bring added safety to all neighboring
      communities with lighting and advanced facility security, and
      enhance neighborhood aesthetics with professionally landscaped
      grounds.

Who: -- Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Councilmember
     -- Mahmud Chaudhry, Assistant General Manager, LADWP
     -- Community leaders

When: Friday, February 28
      9 a.m.

Where: 4914-28 Maplewood Avenue
       (near the corner of Western Ave. and Maplewood Ave.)

Visuals: LADWP representatives, L.A. City Councilmember Tom LaBonge,
         and community leaders breaking ground with shovels while
         wearing construction hard-hats; oversize rendering of the
         completed project.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)