But the proposed solution — what came to be known as the “Big Ditch” — was controversial. The central part of Wichita ... Slough project in 1945. The Kansas State Supreme Court decided ...

You can’t go far in the history of Wichita without running across his name — “Big Ditch” Mitch Mitchell ... 100 rivers were swollen throughout Kansas and Missouri after a summer storm ...

Jeff Colyer issued a disaster declaration for parts of Kansas that ... flood downtown Wichita. That water goes into the Wichita- Valley Center Floodway, also known as the " Big Ditch".

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A group of ATV enthusiasts want the City of Wichita to open up a section of the Wichita – Valley Center Floodway, or Big Ditch, for recreation. “Technicaly ...

The bridge in need of repair spans the M.S. Mitch Mitchell Floodway, commonly known as the Big Ditch ... with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and the City of Wichita to coordinate ...