man: right now, we're at the bottom of the rockdale construction shaft. we're 310 feet below grade, deep under atlanta in hard rock. in the downtown area of atlanta, the sewer system and the stormwater system are combined and there are overflows during storm events, and so the purpose of this system is to relieve that flow, take it into the tunnel, transport it to a brand-new treatment plant, clean up the chattahoochee river. narrator: instead of the combined sewage overflowing into the river, it will flow into this tunnel that acts as a storage tank. the water will then slowly empty into the new plant for treatment before it's released back into the river. man: the system in total is about 8 1/2 miles, 27 feet in diameter. most of the time it will be dry. the only time it will fill is when the sewer system is overwhelmed by the storm. it is a massive project. our budget was $210 million. we've worked about a million and a half man-hours. hunter: it is an incredible amount of work. our capital program right now is $3.9 billion. over a period of less than

i'm paul wagner in rockdale.ory is straight ahead. >>> a gigantic volunteer effort to find a missing autistic boy in the virginia woods. >>> we begin with an issue that d.c. residents have been asking the city council to address for almost a year. ethics reform. mayor vincent gray and several council members are facing v

if you are traveling out of rockdale this morning southbound along 207 work are your way down towardsontrose, no incidents to report but volume increasing here. the outer loop of the beltway starting to slow at university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. >>> breaking news this morning out of maryland. there is an amber alert in effect for an 11-year-old germantown boy. take a look. this is william mcquain. he is described as five feet tall, 85 pounds. his mother jane was found dead inside their germantown apartment last night. police searched the home after a tip from a friend concerned he hadn't heard from her. police are investigating the death as a homicide. they say the last time anyone reported seeing william is september 30th. >> sometimes working overnight is getting to a lot of sources. hopefully during the day, we'll be able to contact more family, friends and coworkers to determine more about the time line. >> reporter: jane mcquinn's car is also missing and police say william could be with the vehicle. cle. if you have any information, they want you t

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