Transportation and other infrastructure projects create benefits and impacts on the communities in which people live, work and play. WSP has expertise in planning, urban design and community involvement, and partners with clients to meet goals like resiliency, safety, economic development and sense of belonging.

Our holistic approach addresses land use and zoning, connectivity of transportation networks, public and green space, affordable housing and unhoused populations, and local culture. We support our clients in developing and evaluating scenarios, street typologies, and policies to create implementable plans. Engagement is critical to this effort, and our public engagement plans facilitate collaboration with the community and stakeholders to co-create solutions that enhance communities. The work we deliver provides clients and partners actionable blueprints that not only envision more equitable futures but lay the groundwork for implementation.

Community and Placemaking

Funding evolves projects from concepts and plans to construction and implementation. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law offers dozens of legacy and new funding opportunities for state and local agencies, as well as a few for private companies. WSP expertise in grant strategy and equity supports clients in being competitive for funding and investing funding equitably.

Since 2009, WSP has helped clients secure approximately $31 billion in federal funding for over 140 projects nationwide from a variety of discretionary programs. We support clients in identifying projects that best align with various funding opportunities and develop narratives and data to build winning applications. Our team supports smaller agencies in identifying a partner agency to submit for funding, when necessary.

The Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Justice40 initiative set a standard for attention to underserved communities and equitable distribution of project benefits for federally funded projects. Our equity practitioners work with clients to set project equity goals and review funding applications to ensure the data and narrative demonstrate how projects are poised to meet those equity goals.

Grant Strategy and Equitable Investment

From the call to action from communities to the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity, public agencies face the opportunity and challenge to develop or grow their commitment to equitable decision-making to ensure public projects help the historically underserved to thrive.

This transformation requires will, education and resources. We guide clients with frameworks, toolkits and policies that integrate equity into staff training, project prioritization, data tools, public engagement, contracting and procurement and more. Business transformation helps clients meet goals like building public trust, optimizing funding, and measuring impact.

WSP expertise helps clients make efficient and effective investments in communities and infrastructure that improves access, livability, resiliency, safety and public health starting where it is needed most. Developing organizational standards of equity in partnership with your leadership champions sets an example for staff that translates to individual projects.

Business Transformation