Shy of two years after Canadian Pacific Railroad raised its tracks as much as 3 feet in some areas of downtown Davenport due to record, prolonged flooding, work is wrapping up to restore access to the riverfront. We wanted to assure that the riverfront was as accessible, if not more so, than before, said Steve Ahrens, executive director of the Riverfront Improvement Commission. In the end . residents and visitors will see in many cases these crossings ⦠provide an improvement, albeit different, to Davenportâs riverfront.
As the Mississippi River was on a swift rise in the spring of 2019, workers and equipment from the railroad arrived in Davenport to raise tracks throughout the downtown to keep trains and freight moving in floodwater up to 21 feet.