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Independence adopts RoadAI for annual pavement scoring; staff say it speeds project delivery and reduces survey costs

Street Improvement Oversight Committee · January 14, 2026
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City staff told the Street Improvement Oversight Committee that switching to an annual RoadAI pavement scoring service reduced survey costs and allowed the city to assemble a Geobond overlay contract for roughly 50'160 miles in under four months, and they described how PCI guides maintenance choices.

At its Jan. 14 meeting, the Street Improvement Oversight Committee heard a technical briefing on the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) and the city's new RoadAI pavement-survey system, which staff said provides annual condition data at a fraction of the cost of five-year external surveys.

Zane McKinney, assistant director of municipal services, told the committee PCI is an ASTM-standard score used across the industry to rate pavement from 1 to 100 and to guide whether streets need crack sealing, chip seal, microsurfacing, mill-and-overlay or full reconstruction. He said preventative…

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