Wisconsin Avenue Bridge Public Involvement

Year
2020-2024
Location
Wauwatosa, WI
Client
City of Wauwatosa
Coordinating with the community to replace a historic structure.

Determined to be structurally deficient, Kapur began working with the City of Wauwatosa and WisDOT toward replacing this historic structure over Honey Creek. Because of major changes to the bridge and waterway, a comprehensive public involvement plan was developed to make stakeholders aware of all design and preconstruction activities, the construction schedule and stages, and all impacts on the project.

Over the course of two public involvement meetings (PIM), an operational planning meeting with the City and WisDOT, several local officials meetings, as well as local outreach efforts with special interest groups and neighborhoods, Kapur staff had both schedule driven deliverables and meetings as requested by residents and businesses. Each of these meetings has a different purpose, ranging from technical discussion in the operation planning meeting, to informative meetings with feedback like the local officials meeting, to large public involvement meetings.

During the PIM's both concerns and comments were gathered and subsequently addressed.

Services Provided

Print communication

  • Newspaper inserts/ads
  • Fact sheets
  • Newsletters
  • Direct mail
  • Website information
  • Issue papers

Meetings

  • Briefing for elected officials
  • Interviews
  • Focus groups
  • Public information meetings
  • Public hearings
  • Advisory groups

Presentations

  • Meeting facilitation/strategy
  • Interviews
  • Exhibits
  • Renderings & flythrough
Project manager, Aaron Bubb giving a presentation at the public involvement meeting.
A crowd of local residents sitting in chairs listening to a presentaton about the bridge project.
Residents looking at informational boards about the bridge project during the public involvement meeting.
The project manager explaining the project information on a big screen to a resident.
Informational boards about the bridge project on display at the public involvement meeting.
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