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Atchison awarded funds for highway work

By Brian Hagen

08/28/2018

(KAIR)--The City of Atchison receives $300,000 for work on K-7 Highway.

According to a release from the Kansas Department of Transportation, that is one of 27 projects selected to receive a portion of around $13.7 million dollars through KDOT's City Connecting Link Improvement Program.

All of the projects are focused on improving intersections and roadways of state highways that extend through cities.

A release from Atchison Assistant City Manager Justin Pregont specifies that the work will include the future mill and overlay of K-7 Highway, from Country Club Road to the northern city limit.

In the release, Pregont says “city staff will immediately begin working to plan and design the project, which is likely to be constructed in the spring of 2020.”

The total cost of the project is around $500,000 with Pregont saying funding from the City of Atchison will cover the remaining $200,000 not covered by the state funds.

Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2020 and be completed by the summer of that year.

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