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Highway department outlines road‑asset inventory and work‑order rollout with Biolytics software
Summary
A vendor presentation showed White County’s road network currently scores a PASER 7, with 652 miles inventoried, nearly 1,500 signs logged and 231 work orders created; commissioners heard how the system supports funding requests and long‑term maintenance planning.
Taylor White of Biolytics gave the commissioners a status report on the county’s road‑asset inventory and the vendor’s software implementation for the highway department.
White said crews have inventoried roughly 652 miles in the county and recorded a network PASER (Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating) average of 7. The team logged about 1,500 signs (roughly 1,300–1,400 in good condition), created 231 work orders in the built‑in work‑order system and captured roughly 184,000 condition images. There are 34 active highway‑department users on the platform; as the presenter noted, the system runs on mobile devices and images are stored in cloud government‑grade servers for historical access.
The vendor and county staff described practical benefits: pre‑construction baseline data for state reimbursements, ongoing condition tracking to support LTAP and other state funding requests, and a centralized repository for signs, storm drains and road condition photos. Highway staff told commissioners the system should improve documentation for reimbursement claims after detours or construction by providing pre‑ and post‑construction condition records.
Why it matters
County staff said previous PASER surveys were done manually and that the new system gives stronger documentary support when the county requests state funds for repairs after damage caused by detours or other events. The county purchase shifts a recurring documentation process into an auditable, photo‑backed system that county staff said may help recover a greater percentage of state funding in some cases.
Ending
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about data retention and external access; Biolytics said data are stored in AWS Government cloud servers and can be shared with engineers or consultants as needed.
