Yes, I believe so and for more information about projects engagement please refer to my book on inspiring governments

One key to productive public engagement is the need to inform the public about the hidden dynamics of infrastructure. In the early 1900s, there was a London neighborhood where workers had to pay a toll to cross a bridge to get to their jobs. The public, when informed of this, thought it was terrible to charge working class people a toll to get tot their jobs. In response, the government eliminated the toll. Within a short time, rents in this neighborhood increased by the amount of the toll. Workers who used the bridge were no better off than before. Some, who didn't use the bridge, were worse off because their rents went up and they received no benefit.

If infrastructure projects are well-designed and well-executed, the price of well-served land goes up, creating windfall profits for a few who are lucky-enough to own well-served land. The ability of private landowners to appropriate publicly-created land value is the fuel for land speculation -- a parasitic activity that creates nothing of value, but which inflates land prices to the detriment of residents and businesses alike.

So public engagement regarding infrastructure projects must include education about land value creation. This education should also inform people about techniques for land value return and recycling, whereby publicly-created land values can be returned to the public sector and used to pay for the infrastructure that created them.

A project that does not take into account local opinions will have to involve the locals in foiling the project in the future in a way or another!