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Award-Winning Revitalization: Ashland’s Winchester Avenue Streetscape
August 12, 2025

Palmer Engineering congratulates the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) on receiving the Quality of Life/Community Development Small Project Award for “Right-sizing, Roundabouts, and Revitalization: Ashland’s Winchester Avenue Streetscape Improvements.”

Selected from 30 projects across 10 states in the SASHTO region, this honor is part of the prestigious America’s Transportation Awards competition, which recognizes projects that enhance communities and improve quality of life.

In addition to this achievement, the project earned two more major honors:

  • 2025 Engineering Excellence Grand Conceptor Award – American Council of Engineering Companies of Kentucky

  • 2025 Transportation Improvement Award ($10 Million and Under) – ASHE Bluegrass

As the sole designer and primary visionary, Palmer Engineering led the project from the planning study in 2020 through construction in 2023. Working closely with the City of Ashland and KYTC, our team helped reimagine Winchester Avenue into a safer, more beautiful, and walkable corridor for residents and visitors alike.

Under KYTC’s leadership, the project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. More importantly, it brought lasting improvements that continue to breathe new life into downtown Ashland.

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Palmer Engineering Company, incorporated on February 25, 1969, in Winchester, KY, is a civil/structural engineering and surveying consulting firm. The mission of Palmer Engineering is to continually earn clients’ respect and trust by consistently delivering solutions-oriented, exemplary service in a responsive and financially accountable manner. Palmer has successfully completed more than 3,500 infrastructure projects for more than 1,000 clients including federal, state, and local governments, as well as private clients. Departments of Transportation and Local Public Agencies constitute Palmer’s largest business sectors.

Palmer serves its clients through 11 offices across the Southeast including Kentucky (Winchester, Louisville, Fort Mitchell, and Lexington), Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, and Medina), Tennessee (Nashville), West Virginia (Teays Valley), and Florida (Jacksonville and Orlando).

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