{"id":24848,"date":"2024-11-15T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=24848"},"modified":"2024-11-15T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:44:46","slug":"on-3rd-anniversary-sen-ossoff-releases-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-report-for-southwest-georgia","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/on-3rd-anniversary-sen-ossoff-releases-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-report-for-southwest-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"On 3rd Anniversary, Sen. Ossoff Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Report for Southwest Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Since passage of the historic bipartisan infrastructure law 3 years ago today, Southwest Georgia communities have already received over $288 million in Federal infrastructure investments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Albany, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Since passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law three years ago today,&nbsp;<strong><u>Southwest Georgia communities have already received over $288 million in Federal infrastructure funding<\/u><\/strong>to upgrade roads, expand high-speed internet, remove lead pipes from drinking water systems, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, on the 3rd anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released a progress report for Southwest Georgia, highlighting the historic upgrades that have been delivered so far, with more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThree years ago, we brought Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to pass the historic bipartisan infrastructure law, the most significant investment in America&#8217;s infrastructure since the Eisenhower administration. This law is upgrading our roads, highways, and bridges; removing lead pipes from our drinking water systems; expanding broadband internet access; upgrading our electric grid; rebuilding our airports and our seaports, and more. Our historic&nbsp;bipartisan&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;law&nbsp;will continue to deliver for Georgia for years to come,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>In the last 3 years, Sen. Ossoff and the bipartisan infrastructure law have so far delivered:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over $2 million to replace a 96-year-old bridge on State Route 7 near Cordele with a wider, safer, and more accessible bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over $6 million for upgrades at Valdosta Regional Airport, including $3 million to help construct a new air traffic control tower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$9.7 million for public transportation needs across Albany and Valdosta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$8.1 million to enhance the safety and efficiency of the I-75 Interchange with State Route 31 in Lowndes County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$3.45 million to install railroad crossing warning devices at 5 Norfolk Southern crossings in Albany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$3.3 million for improvements to the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$210,000 for Dougherty County to plan safer streets upgrades that ensure pedestrian and commuter safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/city-valdosta-receive-240-000-001800855.html\">$240,000<\/a>&nbsp;for the City of Valdosta to plan safer streets upgrades that ensure pedestrian and commuter safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$72,000 for the City of Leesburg to plan safer streets upgrades that ensure pedestrian and commuter safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since passage of the historic bipartisan infrastructure law 3 years ago today, Southwest Georgia communities have already received over $288 million in Federal infrastructure investments Albany, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 Since passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law three years ago today,&nbsp;Southwest Georgia communities have already received over $288 million in Federal infrastructure fundingto upgrade roads, expand high-speed internet, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24848","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24848","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\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24850,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24848\/revisions\/24850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}