Markers along the county roadways might soon become much clearer, thanks to some federal funding coming this way. Atchison County is one of 16 Kansas counties to receive federal funding for road safety improvement projects for a total of $4.5 million as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s High Risk Rural Roads program. KDOT announced the awards Feb. 21.Superintendent Seth Howard, of the Atchison County Road and Bridge Department, said the HRRR funding will cover 100 percent of the costs associated with the project that he expects will be let sometime in 2021.
Atchison County was awarded $238,000 for the systemic purpose to upgrade signage along 30 miles of major collectors, internal county thoroughfares, in compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
“Major collectors area a focus for the state to getting signs upgraded, which initiated funding through HRRR,” Howard communicated in an email to Atchison Globe. “Good signing helps reduce risk and hazards on all roadways.”
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