To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consideration her Department has given to the use of Artificial Intelligence to analyse roads for defects and potholes.

My Department is currently investigating a number of emerging technologies that interpret and categorise road defects, such as potholes, from images collected on a camera fixed to a moving vehicle. The proof-of-concept trials are underway to validate the solution accuracy and repeatability to determine if it can provide efficiency benefits within the current road safety inspection and maintenance strategy.