{"id":47779,"date":"2021-03-25T18:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T00:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/vehicle-mounted-camera-will-assess-road-conditions-in-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:40:18","slug":"vehicle-mounted-camera-will-assess-road-conditions-in-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/vehicle-mounted-camera-will-assess-road-conditions-in-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle-mounted camera will assess road conditions in Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=fbe85bea-7458-4f8b-9ddc-e3fbdca36dfe&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1078\" alt=\"A vehicle similar to the one above, with a Trimble camera, will collect the data.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A vehicle similar to the one above, with a Trimble camera, will collect the data.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">City of Cortez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A contractor with the Cortez Public Works Department will drive city streets next week with a vehicle-mounted camera to gather data on road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning March 29, a contractor with iWorQ Systems will gather a camera collection and inventory to provide crucial data for the city\u2019s pavement assessment program, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The camera, with a clear street-level view, will also provide georeferencing of the city\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time the city has used this technology, according to Cortez Public Works Director Philip Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The camera\u2019s artificial intelligence will protect citizens\u2019 privacy by automatically blurring out faces, license plates and any other identifying information it captures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives us an overarching understanding of all the road conditions,\u201d Johnson told <em>The Journal. \u201c<\/em>It\u2019ll help us prioritize where we spend our funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Johnson, the city has pulled back from some larger projects because of financial uncertainty created by a <a href=\"https:\/\/durangoherald.com\/articles\/362704\">backlog of financial audits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives us an organic look at the state of our infrastructure,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe\u2019re not unlike any other jurisdiction, in that we have a lot streets that need work and a limited amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city entered into its contract with iWorQ Systems last year.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:anicotera@the-journal.com\">anicotera@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>help officials gain big-picture understanding of infrastructure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-47779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87245,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47779\/revisions\/87245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47779"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=47779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}