Access During Construction

We understand that access to your business is a top concern. You rely on your customers, employees and suppliers to keep your business going. While it is inevitable that construction crews will need to work in front of driveways and access roads that lead to businesses, the City must maintain alternate access to them during construction.

Unfortunately, this temporary access cannot always be as direct as it was before construction began. In addition, access may need to be provided on a newly graded, interim access road or need to change several times throughout a project. The City encourages businesses to use City-approved directional signs and to join together to communicate with customers and find ways to attract them throughout construction. See the Tips and Ideas page of this guide for more information.

The best time to begin communicating about access to your business is during the design stage of a project, when initial construction phasing plans are developed. During this time the City contacts the affected property and business owners and holds informational meetings.

Your input will help the designers develop a recommended construction-phasing plan. This initial plan may need to change slightly once a contractor is selected, according to the resources available to the contractor. It is also at this time that more specifics can be known about duration of access changes and detours.

Once a contractor is selected, communication between the Project Manager and you will continue so that changes that are necessary can be made with your input, and you remain informed.