Senators Reverend Warnock and Jon Ossoff joined Mayor Vicki Horne and local community leaders at McIntyre City Hall for the ceremonial groundbreaking 

More than 30 years in making, Senators Reverend Warnock and Ossoff secured bipartisan federal funds to help get it done

The first phase of the infrastructure project will cover all of McIntyre and Wilkinson County High School

Senator Warnock to WGXA: “Rural Georgia is the heartbeat of this state”

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) joined McIntyre Mayor Vicki Horne and local community leaders to mark the groundbreaking of the area’s first-ever public sewer system–a critical investment in Wilkinson County’s infrastructure and public health. Last year, U.S. Senators Reverend Warnock and Ossoff secured bipartisan support for $6.3 million in the government’s funding package to help build the project and improve quality of life for families. The Senators’ visit highlights their shared commitment to advocating for investments in infrastructure across every corner of Georgia, and particularly in rural communities. Georgians living in McIntyre and other cities across Wilkinson County currently rely on outdated septic tanks, and local officials have been working to finance a sewer system for more than three decades.

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WGXA: Sen. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock break the ground with construction for sewer system

Monday, April 24, 2023

• “There are things we take for granted every day like a sewer system, but for one middle Georgia county, their first sewer system is on its way to becoming a reality.”

• “Last year U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, secured bipartisan support to help build Wilkinson County’s first-ever public sewer system. On Monday, they broke the ground to begin construction in the city of McIntyre.”
  
• “’Rural Georgia is the heartbeat of this state, which is why we’ll continue to fight not only for infrastructure projects like this but for continuing development for rural broadband’, says Warnock.”

41 WMGT: Senators Ossoff and Warnock help secure funding for new Wilkinson County sewer system

Monday, April 24, 2023

• “Wilkinson County is building its first ever public sewer system thanks to help from Georgia senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.”

• “For more than 30 years, officials in Wilkinson County have been working to secure funding for a public sewer system.”

• “Without a public sewer system, residents have had to rely on failing septic systems, which are often at risk of flooding and overflowing. This posed a threat to public health due to the potential for contamination. That’s why US senators from Georgia Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock worked secure $6.3 million for the county.”

WATCH: 13 WMAZ: Georgia senators visit Wilkinson County for groundbreaking of first sewer system

Monday, April 24, 2023

• “The county says this first phase of their sewer system should be complete within two years. It will cover all of McIntyre and Wilkinson County High School.”

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