Manhattan North Campus Corridor Improvements

Manhattan North Campus Corridor Improvements

Manhattan, KS
United States

In 2010, BG Consultants began surveying and completing preliminary concept layouts for the Denison Avenue & Kimball Avenue modifications in Manhattan, Kansas. These modifications are necessary to accommodate the additional traffic that will be associated with the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF). The proposed improvements include adjustments on Denison Avenue through the entrance to the Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex at Kansas State University. The Denison Avenue improvements will also include the main entrance to the NBAF facility on the east side of Denison Avenue, north of the Rec Complex entrance.

BG Consultants was also actively involved in various meetings with project stakeholders. Biweekly NBAF coordination meetings were held with the City of Manhattan, Kansas State University, the Department of Homeland Security, and the impacted utility companies all represented. BG Consultants also held separate one-on-one meetings with Kansas State University, the Manhattan Fire Department, the Kansas State University Foundation, the City of Manhattan, and the utility companies in order to discuss the preliminary concept layouts.

In addition to the preliminary concept layouts for the Kimball and Denison Avenue intersection, BG Consultants was subsequently contracted in late 2013 by the City of Manhattan to study the capacity benefits of transportation improvements to the entire Kimball Avenue corridor between College Avenue and Meadowlark Road. The study explored the volume of potential development opportunities in the North Campus Corridor that could be served by Kimball Avenue as a result of the increased transportation capacity. Upon completion of the Kimball Avenue Corridor study, BG Consultants was contracted to complete preliminary construction documents of the Kimball Avenue Corridor from west of College Avenue to Meadowlark Road. The Kimball Avenue final design was then broken into four phases. Final design plans and specifications have been completed for all phases with the Kimball and Denison Avenue intersection. 

Services Provided
Planning & Design
Site Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Highways and Roads

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