The city of Marquette seems to be learning that it’s easier to get the word out before it breaks ground on construction projects than it is to do damage control afterward. The restriping of McClellan Avenue in August — creating two lanes with a center turn lane and bike lanes — triggered a tsunami of public criticism from residents who were taken by surprise. Earlier in the year, the city changed a portion of Wright Street from four lanes to three lanes and took a lot of heat from the public. And in 2007, the city faced vocal criticism over the reconfiguration of Washington Street. In most of these cases, residents were upset with the changes but even more miffed that they didn’t feel they got adequate advance notice of the changes. In the case of the McClellan Avenue debacle, the city learned a $6,000 lesson — the cost of scraping off the paint and restriping the section.