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Vendor offers AI‑driven pavement plan; resident urges clear multiyear priority list

Vermilion City Council · February 23, 2026
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Summary

A pavement‑management vendor proposed a 90‑day, AI‑backed condition assessment and five‑category PCI scoring to help Vermilion prioritize repairs; a resident asked the council for a transparent multiyear paving schedule and cited cost estimates for his neighborhood.

James Golden, a consultant from the pavement management group that described itself as CFA Financial Group, told the Vermilion City Council on Feb. 23 that the company’s system uses high‑definition video and an ASTM‑aligned, AI‑assisted distress detection process to generate a pavement condition index (PCI) for every street segment.

Golden said the vendor’s approach turns video and distress data into a 0–100 PCI score, groups segments into five condition categories (excellent, good, fair, poor, failed) and produces budget‑driven “what‑if” scenarios so council and staff can forecast network performance under different spending levels. He described the offering as an end‑to‑end asset management solution and said the basic citywide assessment can be completed in about 90 days.

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