Caldercruix seen from Hillend Loch We committed to keeping communities informed and providing ways for people to share their views throughout the Community Consultation phase.
The communication with local communities for the Airdie-Bathgate link since 2004 included:
- Distributing 43,000 leaflets and newsletters
- Targeting 227,000 households with through the door communication
- Holding 27 public exhibitions which targeting over 20,000 people
- Organising 44 public meetings involving around 1,115 people
- Setting up a dedicated website which received in excess of 200,000 visits
- Providing an email helpline service which has received around 1,300 public enquiries
- Managing dedicated helplines which have received almost 1,400 calls
- Issuing over 70 press releases which resulted in over 200 items of press and broadcast coverage