(KAIR)--A new street improvement project is officially on the books for next year in Atchison.

A press release from Atchison Public Works and Utilities Director Justin Pregont, tells MSC News the city of Atchison was granted up to $300,000 in grant funds to fund a construction project for concrete improvements on Atchison's Main Street between 10th and 12th Street.

City staff had submitted the grant request after workings with Kansas Department of Transportation about the project and receiving approval from Atchison city commissioners in March.

The grant comes from KDOT's Access Management Construction Project Program which focuses on managing state highway access and creates transportation corridors that are safe, efficient and economically sound.

The city of Atchison will be responsible for engineering designing, project management and construction inspection with KDOT reimbursing the City for expenses incurred to build the project up with $300,000.

In the release Pregont said, “This wasn’t exactly a project that was a huge priority for the City. Even so, we appreciate that it was a priority for KDOT and we’d certainly rather see this project built with KDOT grant money than not built at all. This is good project for making our community a little bit nicer.”

The project should begin sometime in 2018.