Agency & Community Outreach

Early and Ongoing Outreach

Input was gathered early in the process and will continue to be gathered throughout the studies:

Key stakeholder and property owner meetings
46 in-depth interviews
A workshop focused on walking and biking
Community Working Group (CWG) workshops
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings
Public meetings

In a collaborative role to ITD, the CWG and TAC provide input on study findings. The same findings are presented to the public.

Feedback from the CWG, the TAC, and the public helps identify community values and a vision for transportation in the area.

Community Identification

The regional and local stakeholders and community members include:

Agencies
City government
County and state government
Education organizations
Emergency services/healthcare
Environmental groups
Faith-based organizations
Freight representatives
Housing/residential/neighborhood associations
Support health organizations
Tourism/recreation groups
Traditional underserved populations, including low-income and minority
Tribal nations (sovereign entities)

What We've Heard

Community Feedback

Community values and ideas for potential solutions are an important part of the process. Feedback provided the basis for each study's Purpose & Need statement and evaluation criteria and allowed the study teams to understand the community's values and concerns. The most frequently mentioned themes by the public were:

Roadway and Traffic

Visibility and sight distance
Sharp curves and turns
Intersection types
Lane and shoulder widths
Turn lanes
Passing lanes
Traffic congestion and signage

Alternative Routes

Preferences, suggestions, and dislikes

Active Transportation

Walking and biking
State highway crossings

Integrating Input

Public comments provided the basis for initial concept development. These ideas were later overlaid with engineering best practices and environmental, traffic, safety, and planning data to create concepts.

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