(KAIR)--The City of Atchison is approved for two grants, with a combined pricetag of $925,000.
Director of Public Works Justin Pregont says the funds are earmarked for the Safe Routes to School project as well as the 2nd Street Corridor project.
The funds are made available through the Transportation Alternatives Program, administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation.
A press release from the City of Atchison says it's the second time the grant for the 2nd Street Corridor project has been applied for.
The work, set to happen between Commercial Street and Division Street, is intended to replace sidewalks, curbs, and intersection crossings while also installing decorative street lights, similar to those already present throughout downtown. Special attention will be given to restoring brick sidewalks throughout that segment of the project that sits inside the Amelia Earhart Historic District.
Work is expected to begin in 2019.
Pregont tells MSC News the latest phase of the ongoing Safe Routes to School Project encompasses sidewalks along South 5th Street, from Park Street to U Street, with those improvements to be funded through the grant.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Holton man killed in Jackson Co crash
Morrill pair arrested on drug, child endangerment charges
Falls City man sentenced to Federal Prison
Ground Broken for new Sac and Fox Trad'n Post
Jackson Co traffic stop leads to arrest
Local residents avoid injury in chain reaction crash
90 mph+ downburst winds blamed for Thursday damage
One held for past Atchison shooting
Inmate dies at Lansing Correctional Facility
Wamego man sentenced in second fentanyl-related death
Early Thursday storms leave damage, outages, locally
Stolen trailer, 4-wheeler, recovered in Atchison
Mayetta pair arrested on meth, child endangerment charges
Horton City Clerk's resignation accepted Monday
Mound City Mayor Duane Nauman remembered
Brown Co Planning Commission established
KS' LaTurner will not seek another term
LATEST STORIES
McLouth man injured in Monday wreck
Horton City Clerk's resignation accepted Monday
Atchison Co's Oswald named honorary bailiff for KS Court
Juveniles face charges following Atchison break-in
Richardson County accepted into managed call handling program
No injuries in early Sunday morning house fire in Falls City
Sabetha annual citywide cleanup Wednesday
Mayetta pair arrested on meth, child endangerment charges