The Speed School of Engineering is helping the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet figure out which highways are most in need of repaving.
The Speed School of Engineering is helping the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet figure out which highways are most in need of repaving.

Summer is construction season on Kentucky interstates and parkways. Until a couple years ago, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet used human visual inspections to figure out which highways were in the worst shape and needed repaving. But now the state is taking a more scientific approach, inspecting the roads with lasers and relying on the University of Louisville to figure out what the data means and which highways should get top priority.

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Mark Hebert
Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He’s now producing and hosting a radio show about “all things UofL”, overseeing the university’s video and TV productions and promoting UofL’s research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.