{"id":17642,"date":"2023-03-03T14:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=17642"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:07:44","slug":"sen-ossoff-secures-bipartisan-support-to-improve-freight-rail-line-between-metter-register","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-secures-bipartisan-support-to-improve-freight-rail-line-between-metter-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Delivering Rail Upgrades Between Metter & Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rail line upgrades will help farmers get product to market faster<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rail line connects goods with the Port of Savannah<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upgrades will also improve pedestrian & roadway safety<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metter, Ga.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering long-needed freight rail upgrades between Metter and Register.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working closely with the Candler County Industrial Development Authority, Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to deliver the new resources to upgrade the rail line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will fix 12.3 miles of rail between the two cities, helping transport goods faster and safer, such as fertilizer for farmers and lumber to build homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will replace 6,000 rail ties, resurface 65,000 track feet, install 3,000 tons of rock ballast, improve two community crossings, replace an existing culvert in like-kind, and repair an existing bridge and encase steel bridge parts to prevent corrosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI worked to build support in the Senate and pass with Republican and Democratic support new resources to repair and upgrade the Metter-Register short rail line in Candler County, which is vital for our state’s agricultural sector and economic development in the region,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so grateful to Senator Ossoff and his staff for understanding how vital this railway is to our economic growth and working so diligently to ensure we could get the funding we needed for these repairs,\u201d said Hannah Mullins, executive director of Candler County Industrial Development Authority.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Georgia Southern is a critical transportation link for Candler County,\u201d said Jamie Caton, vice president of Government Relations for Patriot Rail, the parent company for the Georgia Southern.<\/strong> \u201cThe dedicated funding will rehabilitate the line from Metter to Register, providing better transportation options to the local community. The project will improve safety, create jobs and stimulate economic growth in the region. \u201cWe appreciate Candler County Industrial Authority and Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s work and dedication to growing rail freight in Candler County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff secured the $1.1 million for the project through last year\u2019s government funding package.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rail line upgrades will help farmers get product to market faster Rail line connects goods with the Port of Savannah Upgrades will also improve pedestrian & roadway safety Metter, Ga. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering long-needed freight rail upgrades between Metter and Register. Working closely with the Candler County Industrial Development Authority, Sen. Ossoff brought […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17642","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17642","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\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17648,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17642\/revisions\/17648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}