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Consultant outlines LIDAR, PCI mapping and SS4A grant plan to assess Sumner County roads
Summary
Collier Engineering presented a countywide pavement-condition and asset-management system using LIDAR and 360˚ imaging, described how the data would feed a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS 4 a) supplemental action-plan grant request, and answered commissioners' questions about cost, frequency and local control of the data and software.
Collier Engineering representatives told the Sumner County Highway Committee that a countywide pavement-condition inventory using LIDAR, 360˚ cameras and AI can produce a prioritized, data-driven plan for road repairs and safety improvements and can be bundled with an SS 4 a supplemental action-plan grant application.
The consultant said the system collects high-resolution imagery and LIDAR while driving county-maintained roads, produces a pavement-condition index (PCI) and isolates problem sections so staff can prioritize spot repairs and longer-term overlays. “This is an example dataset from, I'll say this is DeKalb County,” the presenter said, describing how the company processes imagery into GIS shapefiles for county use.
Why it matters: committee members asked how the product would change budgeting, transparency and operations. The consultant described the system as an…
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