Asset data illuminates the road to recovery

摘要

Videos taken right after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in September 2005 show the monumental clean-up and recovery work the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) faced. Highways had clearly taken a battering from fallen trees, boats, and building debris. But some impacts were less obvious. "A great deal of New Orleans was under water for a long time," says Jason Chapman of LaDOTD s Data Collection & Management Systems group. "The sub-base may have been weakened or washed away in places. There were also concerns that pavement deterioration was worsened by heavy vehicles pounding roads while they were still wet."