The City of Davenport is undertaking significant infrastructure improvements this construction season and has created the Better Roads Ahead initiative to help residents better navigate detours and road closures.
Planned improvements this year include a $28 M investment in streets and sewers. That’s 964 manholes, 26 major roadways, and 41 neighborhood streets. City officials recognize that all of this work will come with some inevitable slowdowns and traffic reroutes.
The Better Roads Ahead initiative includes a new website, www.betterroadsdavenport.com, and text alert capabilities. The site provides up-to-date information on traffic impacts and park access, signups for road closure and detour alerts, and an easy access link for reporting potholes.
Part of the initiative also includes better signage to alert drivers that businesses remain accessible on impacted roads and better advance signage for construction that will take place.
“The City Council committed to unprecedented infrastructure improvements, and we know that drivers will be affected as they travel throughout the city, so this initiative is to raise public awareness of the work and keep people informed,” said Public Works Director and Assistant City Administrator, Nicole Gleason.