The Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) was already conducting a pilot project with HeadLight—a photo- and cloud-based construction inspection system—when 2020 came along with the COVID-19 pandemic and five hurricanes.
Thousands of miles of roadways were damaged and there were power outages across the state after Hurricane Laura. But according to a report by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, a division of DOTD, employees were able to view real-time updates from colleagues across the region using HeadLight, and the agency completed 1.1 million cu yd of debris cleanup before the next hurricane.