{"id":8427,"date":"2026-05-21T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:14:04","slug":"road-conditions-of-nl-and-memorial-universitys-efforts-vocm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/2026\/road-conditions-of-nl-and-memorial-universitys-efforts-vocm\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Conditions of NL and Memorial University\u2019s efforts, VOCM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">On May 17, 2019, Civil engineering professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/people\/dr-kamal-hossain\/\">Dr Kamal Hossain<\/a> appeared on VOCM Radio\u2019s <em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Open Line with Paddy Daly<!--TgQPHd|[]--><\/em> to discuss Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s severe road deterioration. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/people\/dr-kamal-hossain\/\">Dr Hossain<\/a> highlighted Memorial University\u2019s research efforts, which included partnering with local municipalities, using smartphone tech like TotalPave to map road roughness, and analyzing local asphalt durability to create longer-lasting, climate-resilient regional transit networks.\u00a0<!--TgQPHd|[]-->The full interview on <span data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\"><a class=\"H23r4e\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vocm\/may-5-heather-rankin-mallory-johnson-rachel-cousins-kamal-hossain-inder-veer-singh-and-more?utm_source=soundcloud&amp;utm_campaign=wtshare&amp;utm_medium=Twitter&amp;utm_conte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(153, 195, 255); border-bottom: 0px rgb(153, 195, 255);\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/span>\u00a0can be found on the following link:<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vocm\/openline-friday-may-17th\"><em>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/vocm\/openline-friday-may-17th\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>It is from 1:33:00 to 1:35:00 and 1:51:00 to 1:54:00 in the audio clip.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 On May 17, 2019, Civil engineering professor Dr Kamal Hossain appeared on VOCM Radio\u2019s Open Line with Paddy Daly to discuss Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s severe road deterioration. 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