Montpelier: Police Car to Double as Street Condition Assessment Tool

From the Montpelier Board of Works meeting on June 9, 2026

Chief Snider reported that he has been trained on and received equipment that attaches to police cars to conduct automated street condition assessments. Montpelier is the only police department among the company's clients doing the assessments themselves rather than hiring separate drivers.

Mayor Nef said Montpelier's last PASER rating — a standard road condition scoring system — was 3.8 out of 10, which he described as "terrible." The city plans to wait until the current road construction is complete before running the first assessment to get an accurate post-improvement baseline.

The system can be repeated every six months to track progression. Three years of major road work should show significant improvement in the city's ratings.

Source: Meeting transcript — Montpelier Board of Works Meeting 6-09-26

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