Adapting to an all-digital engagement strategy in response to COVID-19 impacts.
In early 2020, Connecting Dunedin, a partnership of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council, commissioned Boffa Miskell, as part of a multi-disciplinary consultant team led by Stantec, to lead the public engagement and consultation work-stream as part of the Shaping Future Dunedin Transport business case process.
The purpose was to kick-start a city-wide conversation about the changes the central city transport system may face as the new Dunedin Hospital and other developments take shape. The Shaping Future Dunedin Transport project team sought feedback from the community on a range of ideas, an engagement plan was designed following the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) methods with the aim of a wide reach across the city’s many demographics.