{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-celebrates-her-federal-investment-replace-wastewater-systems-needed-us", "Davids Celebrates Her Federal Investment to Replace Wastewater Systems Needed for US-69 Expansion", "2024-08-07", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited a portion of Highway US-69 in Johnson County to celebrate her successful funding request to relocate or modify sanitary sewers along the busy roadway. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has deemed this project necessary to properly modernize and expand Highway US-69, ensuring safer streets and less congestion.\n\nThe project, which will benefit from $1.5 million in federal support, is part of 15 Davids-secured projects to purchase new law enforcement training vehicles, modernize roads and bridges, improve water access during extreme weather, and more. Additional information on each project can be found here.\n\n\u201cModernizing US-69 has been a priority since my predecessor's predecessor, and these new investments for Johnson County\u2019s wastewater systems will ensure the project can be completed efficiently, decreasing congestion and increasing safety,\u201d said Davids. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to have worked with our local officials to request targeted investments in our infrastructure that make our communities safer, more efficient, and better equipped to handle expected growth and future tourism.\"\n\nDavids\u2019 successful project request for Johnson County Wastewater will be used to relocate, adjust, modify, and protect some sanitary sewers along Highway US-69 from W. 103rd Street to W. 151st Street and the W. 167th Street interchange. The project is necessary for the US-69 Express expansion, which is partially funded by the Davids-supported bipartisan infrastructure law, will address safety and congestion issues that have been identified for the past 25 years. Davids previously helped break ground on the project and worked a \u201cSharice\u2019s Shift\u201d to highlight the bipartisan infrastructure law\u2019s impact.\n\n\"I'm thankful to Rep. Davids for securing $1.5M in federal funding to support our expert Johnson County Wastewater team and its partners in their work to relocate, modify and protect our crucial wastewater treatment infrastructure as part of the Highway US-69 project,\u201d said Mike Kelly, Chairman, Johnson County Board of Commissioners. \u201cRep. Davids' advocacy greatly reduces the direct financial impact of this crucial infrastructure project to Johnson County taxpayers. This partnership is an example of what's possible when all levels of government work together - we cut costs and improve services for residents.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-celebrates-her-federal-investment-replace-wastewater-systems-needed-us"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.812171958386898, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}