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Mayors from the Tri-Valley are expected to return today from a five-day trip to Washington D.C. where they met with California legislators and several agency leaders to bid for more federal funding for an area-wide communications system and improvements to I-680, I-580 and Highway 84.

Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti joined mayors from Pleasanton, San Ramon, Danville and Livermore in making the annual trip with his agenda "packed" with meetings with legislators representing the Tri-Valley, as well as meetings with various federal agency representatives, he told the City Council last week before leaving Wednesday.

This was the first meeting for the mayors in former Dublin Councilman Eric Swalwell's Washington office. He is now the newly-elected congressman from the 15th Congressional District that represents the five cities.

While in Washington, the mayors attended the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and also yesterday's inauguration of President Barack Obama to his second term in office.

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