Quad Citians soon will get another chance to see and hear plans to perhaps eventually replace the Centennial Bridge between Davenport and Rock Island.
A public open house meeting on the bridge project is tentatively set for 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the Holiday Inn Rock Island, 226 17th St.
The meeting will not have a formal presentation, but those attending will have the opportunity to:
- Review the project’s purpose and need.
- Review improvement alternatives developed for the corridor.
- View maps and key features of each alternative.
- Learn about environmental considerations.
- Speak with the project team members.
- Share feedback to help guide which alternatives move forward.
Similar open house meetings were held last April at the Holiday Inn Rock Island, and Jan. 28 at The Current Iowa hotel, 215 N. Main St., Davenport.
At those events, hundreds of Quad Citians heard the potential plans for repairing or replacing the bridge, scheduling and next steps forward to improving the structure.
During the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s annual Transportation and Infrastructure Seminar held April 16 at Bally’s Quad Cities Casino & Hotel in Rock Island, Michael Kuehn, program development engineer for the Illinois DOT, told the crowd that open house meeting in May will unveil to people the finalist plans to either fix up or replace the Centennial Bridge.
A final plan to repair or replace the bridge – called a “preferred alternative” – is expected to be announced later this year.
