Transportation

The 2nd Street Corridor Project, intended to improve the walking experience between downtown Atchison and Benedictine College, has received final approval from the Atchison City Commission. The [...]

Following multiple years of planning, grant writing, and engineering design the AMS Safe Routes to Schools Project: South 5th Street Sidewalks is moving forward.  The Atchison City Commission [...]

This project will construct and/or replace the east/west sidewalk corridors in the neighborhood immediately west of Atchison Middle School. The project is focused between 6th & 12th Street as [...]

The City of Atchison was recently awarded $300,000 for a future mill and overlay project of K-7 highway (Country Club Road to northern City limit). The funding comes through the Kansas Dept. of [...]

This project will reconstruct the 800 block of Commercial Street using the same streetscape concepts (street trees, benches, pedestrian lights) as the 300, 400, and 700 blocks of Commercial [...]

Summary: This project mill and overlaid US-73 from the intersection with Main Street to the southern city limits. This project complemented the new concrete section of the highway that was built [...]

Summary: In the City of Atchison, sidewalk improvements are the responsibility of the adjacent property owner. While the City will sometimes undertake projects without the financial participation [...]

Summary: This project improves crosswalk safety for pedestrians at the intersection of 2nd Street and Commercial Street  by creating a median and a curb extension area using rubber parking [...]

Summary: This project will upgrade and relocate the fuel tanks at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport. The fuel tank relocation project is required to make way for the construction of a museum to [...]