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Engineer demonstrates LiDAR pavement‑assessment tool and a MoDOT grant that could fund analysis for about 8 miles
Summary
TREC Engineering presented an MX90 truck‑mounted LiDAR pavement‑assessment system and urged the council to consider applying for MoDOT's TEEP grant, which would contribute $12,000 (city share $3,000) to provide about eight miles of pavement analysis and a preliminary engineering report.
Nathan Adams of TREC Engineering told the council the company’s MX90 system is a truck‑mounted LiDAR and imaging package that scans roadway surfaces and produces point clouds that can be converted into PCI scores, GIS layers and line‑segment cost estimates.
"It's basically a truck mounted lidar system that scans the road and gets information on the road so that we could process it all together," Adams said, explaining the system produces a PCI score that lets planners rank roads by condition.
Nut graf: Adams said the technology can make pavement‑condition assessment faster and more consistent than manual inspection and produce the engineering deliverables required for competitive grant applications. He described a MoDOT TEEP grant that will pay $12,000 toward pavement analysis if the local public agency provides a $3,000 match — roughly enough to fund a preliminary engineering assessment of about eight miles of roadway.
Council members discussed city mileage and whether to pursue a larger assessment; Adams said the $15,000 total (MoDOT $12,000, local $3,000) typically funds about eight miles of analysis and yields a preliminary engineering report that can strengthen subsequent CDBG construction grant applications.
Next steps: Adams encouraged staff to identify priority segments and noted the grant call typically opens in mid‑July with applications due in late August. Council asked staff to continue conversations and consider the grant for the city's grant calendar.
