Municipalities and broader public-sector partners should work with their communications staff and, where appropriate, the responsible provincial ministry to develop a communications plan and guidelines for:
• determining which types of infrastructure expenditures are suitable for public announcement;
• engaging key stakeholders and the public in the progress of the initiative;
• ensuring that necessary approvals are in place prior to initiating public announcements;
• determining who is responsible for making public announcements and in what circumstances;
• co-ordinating announcements with involved partners such as private-sector companies;
• co-ordinating announcements with the appropriate ministries and/or central provincial government agencies; and
• identifying key investment milestones (e.g., pre-feasibility studies, approval, design, issuance of a Request For Proposals, start of construction, start of service delivery) or criteria to inform the timing and scope of public announcements.