{"id":12464,"date":"2022-03-10T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=12464"},"modified":"2022-03-14T10:48:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:48:09","slug":"sen-ossoffs-push-to-accelerate-atlanta-beltline-passes-congress","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoffs-push-to-accelerate-atlanta-beltline-passes-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Push to Accelerate Atlanta BeltLine Passes Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Funding will speed-up development of Southside Trail<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff secured bipartisan support for the continued development of&nbsp;the Atlanta BeltLine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff secured $5 million in Federal funding for the continued development of the BeltLine Southside Trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funding, which passed both the U.S. Sente and the U.S. House, will accelerate construction of current and future projects to help complete the 22-mile loop around Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a candidate for the U.S. Senate, I promised to secure resources for the BeltLine, and I\u2019m working every day to keep that promise and deliver for our community,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Atlanta BeltLine is a legacy project for the City of Atlanta that is reconnecting neighborhoods historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure.\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to Sen. Ossoff and Georgia\u2019s Congressional delegation for this funding, which will advance completion of the full 22-mile loop. Over the long-term, the BeltLine will provide people a place to walk, run, and roll with access to equitable transit, jobs, local businesses, affordable housing, arts and culture, and greenspace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November, Sens. Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock secured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-rep-williams-secure-16-4-million-for-atlanta-beltline\/\">$16.4 million<\/a>\u00a0to accelerate the construction of the Southside Trail, from Pittsburgh Yards to Boulevard Crossing Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last May, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-secures-commitment-from-transportation-secretary-buttigieg-to-work-on-marta-expansion-and-atlanta-beltline-project\/\">secured a commitment<\/a>\u00a0from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to advance the completion of the BeltLine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding will speed-up development of Southside Trail Atlanta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff secured bipartisan support for the continued development of&nbsp;the Atlanta BeltLine. Sen. Ossoff secured $5 million in Federal funding for the continued development of the BeltLine Southside Trail. The funding, which passed both the U.S. Sente and the U.S. House, will accelerate construction of [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12464","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12466,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12464\/revisions\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}