Responding to complaints, Davenport is going to make a major change in how it clears the streets after snowstorms. Last week, the public works department announced crews will clear residential streets before downtown.
Nicole Gleason, deputy director of operations and support services, says in past years her department has cleared snow routes first, then moved downtown, and finally focused on residential streets.
Davenport also now has more equipment than it did in the past - Gleason says 60 vehicles can clear snow, along the 14-hundred "lane miles" of streets in Davenport.
The new policy will delay the clearing of downtown streets and sidewalks by one to two nights.
Gleason says, depending on conditions, Davenport crews will begin plowing residential streets whenever it snows at least one inch, and will clear downtown after at least 4 inches.
