{"id":29597,"date":"2026-04-06T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29597"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:30:40","slug":"sen-ossoff-upgrading-stormwater-infrastructure-in-hampton","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-upgrading-stormwater-infrastructure-in-hampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Upgrading Stormwater Infrastructure in Hampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hampton, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;resources to upgrade&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;infrastructure in&nbsp;Hampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats&nbsp;in Congress&nbsp;together to&nbsp;help the City of&nbsp;Hampton implement&nbsp;critical&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;improvements&nbsp;and reduce flooding&nbsp;along Woolsey Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local officials, the&nbsp;area has experienced flooding that has led to erosion, impassable roads, sinkholes in residential area, and flood related pest issues in and around homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $954,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on&nbsp;January&nbsp;23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing Republicans and Democrats together, I\u2019m delivering new resources to upgrade water infrastructure for families in&nbsp;Hampton,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI will continue working to secure upgrades for Georgia\u2019s infrastructure to keep communities safe and upgrade quality of life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe City of Hampton is&nbsp;truly grateful&nbsp;to receive the CDS award for the Woolsey Road Stormwater Improvements Project. For months, our residents called City Hall asking if there was any news. When we were finally able to share this announcement, the joy in their voices was incredibly moving,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Mayor Ann N. Tarpley.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cOur citizens never lost faith in this project, and they believe\u2014just as we do\u2014that they played&nbsp;an important role&nbsp;in this success.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampton, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;resources to upgrade&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;infrastructure in&nbsp;Hampton. Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats&nbsp;in Congress&nbsp;together to&nbsp;help the City of&nbsp;Hampton implement&nbsp;critical&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;improvements&nbsp;and reduce flooding&nbsp;along Woolsey Road. According to local officials, the&nbsp;area has experienced flooding that has led to erosion, impassable roads, sinkholes in residential area, and flood related pest issues in and around homes. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29597","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29597","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29598,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29597\/revisions\/29598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}