Public Works News

On April 1st the Atchison City Commission  adopted the Reisner Park Master Plan.  The plan envisions more than $500,000 in potential capital improvement projects over the next 10 years.  It [...]

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Atchison. The advisory was issued because of high turbidity. High turbidity may result [...]

Traffic on Main Street and 15th Street is likely to be impacted for a few months thanks to an upcoming CSO separation project. The Dam 6 Sewer Separation Project, which will construct a new [...]

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, one in seven children living in the United States has a disability. Nearly 60 percent of parents surveyed believe that playgrounds [...]

A major investment at the downtown Farmer’s Market, primarily funded through the State of Kansas STAR Bond Program, continues to march toward construction. At the 2/6/19 Planning Commission [...]

Work on the Laramie Stormwater Project, constructed by Linaweaver Construction, has now reached substantial completion and 10th Street at Laramie was reopened to traffic earlier today. While [...]

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 [...]

Summary: This project completely reconstructed the splash pad located at Independence Park on the Riverfront. After 15 years of service life, the existing splash pad had worn beyond repair with [...]

This project will construct a new 100% ADA accessible, perimeter contained "tot lot" (a playground for younger children) at Reisner Park.

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 [...]