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Prince William expands public engagement through PWC Works for traffic safety action plan
Summary
County transportation staff said the PWC Works online platform produced more than 1,500 engagements and helped collect mapped complaints and survey responses used in the comprehensive traffic safety action plan.
Prince William County transportation staff told the Board of Supervisors on June 10 that the PWC Works engagement platform dramatically expanded public input for the county's comprehensive traffic safety action plan, recording more than 1,500 engagements and capturing mapped problem spots and survey responses.
Paolo Velita of the Department of Transportation said the platform provided an alternative for residents who could not attend in‑person meetings and allowed the county to capture comments, map pins and survey answers automatically into the plan's appendix.
"PWC Works has taken off in the way that it has, for talks and updates just like this," Velita said. He turned the presentation to Richard Wyman, traffic safety engineering manager, who described the platform's features and metrics.
How the platform was used
Wyman told supervisors that the county used PWC Works in tandem with two in‑person meetings and several pop‑up events. The platform hosted a general survey and a map tool where users could drop pins to mark intersections or corridors of concern. "Through this platform, we had about 1,500 people engage with us," Wyman said, comparing that to about 60 people who attended the in‑person follow‑ups.
Wyman showed that the platform automatically captured comments and geo‑referenced them to the plan's appendix, and presented summary statistics — visits, informed users and survey respondents — that the county will retain for project prioritization. He said the platform will be used again for future Transportation projects and other county initiatives.
Supervisor responses and next steps
Supervisors congratulated staff and the communications office on the engagement numbers and urged continued outreach so that the public sees how input translates into projects. The county said the engagement content will be migrated from the PWC Works portal to the Department of Transportation website for long‑term access and used to inform short‑term safety improvements and longer capital planning.
Ending
Transportation staff said PWC Works offered a fast, mapped and searchable record of public concerns and will be an ongoing tool to inform safety projects across Prince William County.
