Updated: 9:54 AM CST January 13, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa A portal has been made available for Davenport residents to report issues around town. It s called SeeClickFix and replaced the formerly-used reporting tool called YourGov.
The digital work-order system allows residents to describe the issue, share an address and a photo and communicate back and forth with city staff as their complaint is acknowledged and resolved.
Several of the requests in mid-January 2021 involved snow and ice. But it s also a place to report nuisance properties, abandoned vehicles, potholes, illegal dumping, roadkill, lighting issues, and more. The new system includes the ability for two‐way communication with citizens, and feedback when work is complete, something not available with past request applications, said Public Works Director Nicole Gleason. The move will result in significant improvement in the way we communicate with citizens who place requests for service. �
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.