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City unveils RoadBotics pavement‑management system to inventory and prioritize road repairs
Summary
Public works staff demonstrated a RoadBotics (now Michelin) pavement assessment for about 60 miles of city streets, showing a 1–5 condition rating and enabling multi‑year prioritization of resurfacing and maintenance projects; the subscription is annual and staff will package work to seek competitive contractor pricing.
Public Works staff demonstrated a new pavement‑management system Feb. 27 that uses camera data and machine learning to rate pavement condition so the city can prioritize road repairs and budget for future resurfacing.
Staff said crews drove city streets with cameras and submitted the footage to RoadBotics (now operated by Michelin) which produced a color‑coded map with a 1–5 condition rating for each segment (1 = good; 5 = poor). The assessment covers about 60 miles of paved roads in the city; unpaved dirt roads were excluded from the automated assessment. The system lets staff zoom to specific segments, inspect photographic evidence of cracking or potholes, and propose treatments ranging from microsurfacing (maintenance) to milling and full resurfacing.
Budgeting and use: Staff said the software does not automatically generate cost estimates; engineers will use the segment information to group prioritized locations and solicit contractor bids (to avoid high mobilization costs for small patches). Staff plans to maintain periodic assessments via subscription and to update priorities after multi‑year packages are completed. A speaker noted microsurfacing treated roads sometimes show issues soon after treatment and commissioners discussed tradeoffs between short‑term microsurfacing and more durable milling and resurfacing.
Public access and updates: Staff said the underlying video is not automatically published but that prioritized project lists and maps can be shared with the public once staff finalizes budgets and project packages.
