By Corey Stout<\/p>\n
Getting the public on board is an important but often a tricky task for some of our transportation clients, especially with infrastructure and transportation projects that change the way motorists travel every day. Community members are often skeptical of the need for changes if they don\u2019t understand the true scope of a project or can\u2019t see how the resulting improvements will justify the inconvenience they may encounter during construction.<\/p>\n
Public hearings provide a forum for the dissemination of this information and therefore are\u00a0a critical component\u00a0of transportation projects.\u00a0Going far beyond the 2D drawings and plan sheets that were mainstays of the past, today\u2019s most successful public\u00a0hearings employ\u00a0modern\u00a0visualization tools\u00a0that\u00a0enable\u00a0community members\u00a0to more easily visualize and understand the proposed changes. IMEG\u2019s\u00a0civil engineers, for example, turn\u00a0Google imagery into animated and rendered 3D images.\u00a0This helps the public understand what the finished infrastructure will look like, how it will change their travel patterns,\u00a0and how much private property it may affect.<\/p>\n