{"id":24864,"date":"2024-11-15T12:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=24864"},"modified":"2024-11-15T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:47:05","slug":"on-3rd-anniversary-sen-ossoff-releases-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-report-for-macon-middle-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-macon-middle-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"On 3rd Anniversary, Sen. Ossoff Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Report for Macon &#038; Middle Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Since passage of the historic bipartisan infrastructure law 3 years ago today, Middle Georgia communities have already received over $267.1 million in Federal infrastructure investments<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Macon, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Since passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law three years ago today,&nbsp;<strong><u>Macon and communities across Middle Georgia have already received over $267 million in Federal infrastructure funding<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;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 Middle 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>$5.6 million to provide critical pedestrian safety upgrades along the Gray Highway Corridor in Macon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$2.5 million to help expedite the cleanup of hazardous materials in Macon, Milledgeville, and Warner Robins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/senators-reverend-warnock-ossoff-secure-bipartisan-funding-for-infrastructure-projects-in-middle-georgia\/\">$4.9 million<\/a>&nbsp;for the Oconee Heights Streetscape and Safety Improvements Project, which will add pedestrian pathways and complete sidewalk connections to enhance community connectivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warnock.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senators-reverend-warnock-and-ossoff-secure-more-than-36-million-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-investments-to-bring-high-speed-broadband-to-over-21000-middle-g\/\">$36.5 million<\/a>&nbsp;to boost high-speed internet in Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Talbot, and Taylor counties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$15 million to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-reps-bishop-williams-expanding-ev-charging-infrastructure-across-georgia-through-bipartisan-infrastructure-law\/\">install an EV charging network across middle Georgia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over $15 million for public transportation needs across Macon and Warner Robins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over $3 million for improvements to Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$10.4 million to improve safety on I-75 by upgrading the guardrails along the interstate in Monroe, Henry, and Houston Counties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$142,000 to upgrade natural gas infrastructure in Perry.<\/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, Middle Georgia communities have already received over $267.1 million in Federal infrastructure investments Macon, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 Since passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law three years ago today,&nbsp;Macon and communities across Middle Georgia have already received over $267 million in Federal infrastructure funding&nbsp;to upgrade roads, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24864","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24864","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\/24864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24866,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24864\/revisions\/24866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}