{"id":30417,"date":"2026-07-08T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=30417"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:56:31","slug":"sen-ossoff-upgrading-infrastructure-in-moultrie","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-upgrading-infrastructure-in-moultrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff\u00a0Upgrading\u00a0Infrastructure\u00a0in\u00a0Moultrie\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moultrie,&nbsp;Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to&nbsp;strengthen economic development in Moultrie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;is delivering&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;$3&nbsp;million in Federal funding through the&nbsp;U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)&nbsp;to the City of Moultrie&nbsp;for&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;upgrades to&nbsp;Citizens Business Park, including&nbsp;improvements to&nbsp;roads, drainage,&nbsp;sewer, water,&nbsp;gas line, electric,&nbsp;and a stormwater retention pond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Federal&nbsp;funding, which&nbsp;comes&nbsp;through&nbsp;a&nbsp;bipartisan&nbsp;funding&nbsp;package that&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-passes-agricultural-disaster-relief-for-georgia-farmers-after-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helped pass<\/a>&nbsp;in December 2024, will strengthen local economic development&nbsp;with a goal of&nbsp;attracting&nbsp;more jobs to the area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing Republicans and Democrats together,&nbsp;I\u2019m&nbsp;delivering these resources to upgrade infrastructure in Moultrie to keep families safe, support business and commerce, and keep our state moving,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;said.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues&nbsp;working&nbsp;to upgrade infrastructure throughout the State of Georgia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-drinking-water-safety-upgrades-across-georgia-through-bipartisan-infrastructure-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered<\/a>&nbsp;over $37 million through the bipartisan infrastructure law to remove lead pipes and conduct essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades across Georgia through the Lead Service Line Replacement Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock and Reps. Williams and McBath brought Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-reps-williams-mcbath-upgrading-stormwater-infrastructure-in-east-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliver<\/a>&nbsp;$1,092,000 in Federal funding for key stormwater infrastructure upgrades along Norman Berry Drive in East Point, including a storm<s>&nbsp;<\/s>water main replacement and headwall restoration to improve stormwater flows and prevent sink holes in the area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats in Congress together to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-upgrading-stormwater-infrastructure-in-hampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliver<\/a>&nbsp;$954,000 in Federal funding to help the City of Hampton implement critical stormwater infrastructure improvements and reduce flooding along Woolsey Road.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in&nbsp;April, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock and Rep. McBath brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-rep-mcbath-improving-south-fultons-stormwater-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliver<\/a>&nbsp;$1,092,000 in Federal funding to help improve South Fulton&#8217;s&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;infrastructure, including the replacement of old&nbsp;stormwater&nbsp;pipes and measures to mitigate the effect of flooding near homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moultrie,&nbsp;Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to&nbsp;strengthen economic development in Moultrie.&nbsp; Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;is delivering&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;$3&nbsp;million in Federal funding through the&nbsp;U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)&nbsp;to the City of Moultrie&nbsp;for&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;upgrades to&nbsp;Citizens Business Park, including&nbsp;improvements to&nbsp;roads, drainage,&nbsp;sewer, water,&nbsp;gas line, electric,&nbsp;and a stormwater retention pond.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Federal&nbsp;funding, which&nbsp;comes&nbsp;through&nbsp;a&nbsp;bipartisan&nbsp;funding&nbsp;package that&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;helped pass&nbsp;in December 2024, will strengthen local economic development&nbsp;with a goal of&nbsp;attracting&nbsp;more [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30417","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30417","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\/30417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30418,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30417\/revisions\/30418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}