{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=16E732D3-B7BC-4A13-92A3-1198A0617015", "McConnell Helps Secure Nearly $22 Million for Road Safety Improvements in Lexington, Kentucky", "2023-12-11", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Mitch McConnell", "M000355", "www.mcconnell.senate.gov", "mcconnell", "https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Department of Transportation (DOT) will award Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government $21,720,000 in federal funding to reconstruct a critical roadway in Lexington, Kentucky.\n\nToday\u2019s funding will make several significant upgrades to New Circle Road, the highest fatal and serious injury corridor identified in Lexington\u2019s safety action plan. This three-part project will overhaul the infrastructure of this heavily trafficked artery and implement several changes to improve motorist and pedestrian safety and reduce traffic fatalities.\n\nThis federal funding is made possible through DOT\u2019s Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity, established in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Senator McConnell led the IIJA to Senate passage two years ago, and the President signed the bill into law. The IIJA gives Kentucky billions of federal dollars over five years to improve the Commonwealth\u2019s roads, bridges, railroads, riverports, airports, broadband, and more.\n\nSenator McConnell, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, contacted the Secretary of Transportation in support of Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government\u2019s competitive federal application.\n\n\u201cTraffic fatalities continue to take a tragic toll on communities across the Commonwealth, especially on New Circle Road in Lexington. Fortunately, we are taking important strides to reduce this deadly trend, and I\u2019m grateful to see today\u2019s significant investment help deploy commonsense safety improvements in the community,\u201d said Senator McConnell. \u201cI supported the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because of programs like this, which will help improve traffic safety in one of our Commonwealth\u2019s largest cities.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "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://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=16E732D3-B7BC-4A13-92A3-1198A0617015"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9100409224629402, "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"}