Successful transport decision-making - Osmose

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Timeline A120
Issues
Exhibition
2001
2002
Small group meeting: Parish councillors
and members met to discuss the post
bypass measures for the A120.
First public consultation: At this time the
technical team used a blank sheet
approach and provided an opportunity
for the communities to share their
concerns before any investigations were
undertaken. The exhibition included:
Display boards; Questionnaire/ leaflet;
and Planning for real.
Introduction A120
The consultation approach taken to the
A130 was different and lessons learnt
from the scheme differed. These included
having clearer objectives from the start of
the multi-disciplinary steering group
taking the project forward. The project did
not start with a list of schemes, but rather
went to the public and stakeholders
asking them to identify problems and
issues in their local area.
Exhibition boards
The exhibition boards provided
information and allowed stakeholders to
provide feedback about their concerns and
preferred engineering measures. No
proposals were displayed as the intention
was to engage the participants in helping
identify issues and concerns. Information
regarding current conditions and
engineering solutions were displayed on
separate boards.
Option
Assessment
Implementation
2003
2004
Analysis of exhibition results and
preliminary recommendations were
made.
Second public consultation exhibition:
Local residents were presented with
options at the second exhibition.
Display boards; questionnaire/ leaflet;
and interactive voting methods were
used. The exhibition provided details on
measures to be included and a toolkit of
information to take away.
First section of the A120 is opened.
Implementation of measures on section
of old A120 corresponding with new
A120.
Second section of A120 opens.
Questionnaire
A leaflet/questionnaire was used in
support of the exhibition. The
questionnaire contained an introduction
explaining why views from local
stakeholders were being sought. The
purpose of the questionnaire was to seek
views on the types of measures local
stakeholders 'liked' or 'disliked', and to find
out the key areas of concern. The
respondents were also asked to rank, in
priority order, their top three concerns.
Interactive exhibition 2
Participants were asked to express their
opinions rather than complete a
questionnaire. The potential measures
were displayed using two separate
packages of measures, where attendees
had a right to vote on which package they
preferred. If individuals did not like certain
aspects of a package, they were asked to
fill out a comments page. A handout of the
boards was given to each attendee, to
think about the packages at home.
Planing for real
Planning for real encourages involvement
and interaction which helps participants
locate their concerns and issues directly
on a large scale map. Stakeholders
illustrated particular problems at locally
specific points.
Stakeholders found it difficult to visualise
the effect of a reduction in traffic flow, so a
parametric model was used to show
current conditions and predicted results.
Top: Exhibition board; Middle: Planning for
real; Bottom: The two packages of possible
measures.
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