Lenexa may become first city to implement large-scale smart road infrastructure

Lenexa City Center may become the first place in the country to showcase the real-world application of major smart infrastructure technologies.

Integrated Roadways, a Kansas City, Missouri-based supplier of smart pavement materials and transportation technology, posed the idea to the Lenexa city council Tuesday night.

The company has a similar but smaller-scale project on Brighton Boulevard in Denver, but if Lenexa city leaders agree to allow the company to install smart pavement at City Center, then the city would become the first to host a large-scale smart pavement project in a live-traffic environment.