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County public works outlines 2-year road plan and unveils AI-based pavement-monitoring demo
Summary
Jefferson County Public Works presented a two-year pavement maintenance and reconstruction plan and a demonstration of a crowd-sourced, AI pavement-management platform. Staff said the county aims to raise network PCI toward mid-80s and will prioritize preventive maintenance and targeted reconstruction.
Public Works staff briefed Jefferson County commissioners Feb. 5 on a two-year road maintenance plan and demonstrated a pavement-management system that uses sensor and image data with machine learning to update pavement condition continuously.
Public Works Director Matt (presenting) said the county manages roughly 260 paved centerline miles and that the department’s two-year plan will pursue about 25 miles of preservation work in 2025 and a similar program for 2026. "The intent of our pavement management program is to develop a maintenance strategy that will improve the overall condition of the road network," he said. Staff said the county’s network Pavement Condition Index (PCI) is about 72 and their target is mid-80s.
Staff described two categories of work: preventative maintenance (chip seal, crack sealing) and reconstruction (mill-and-overlay or deeper repairs). The 2025 program list includes segments in Crooked River Ranch, Camp Sherman, Monroe, South Adams and Glass Canyon; staff said some reconstruction projects (for example, Coleman Road) require larger investments and will be scheduled accordingly.
The presentation included a remote demonstration by a vendor, Roadway Management Technologies (RMT). RMT’s founder described a hardware and software system that mounts sensors and cameras on routine fleet vehicles to collect pavement-condition images and inertial data continuously. The vendor’s platform shows a color-coded PCI map, per-road asset valuation and a project planner that ranks treatments by return-on-investment. The vendor said nightly uploads produce near-real-time trend and deterioration estimates that can guide treatment selection and timing.
Commissioners and staff discussed practical matters including current third-party surveying costs (about $23,000 every three years under the county’s current practice), and possible costs of a continuous-monitoring service. Staff said the RMT offering would be more expensive than current ad hoc surveys; they will continue to evaluate costs and benefits. Director Matt said the department plans to build a five-year capital improvement program this year that will quantify deferred maintenance and support long-range funding strategies, including possible voter measures or targeted fees.
No formal action was taken at the Feb. 5 meeting; staff said they will return with the pavement-management capital-improvement plan and continue grant seeking for major reconstruction projects.
