The bond money at the state level would be enough to get us started on a good, solid, statewide system but not to finish it. |
We know that it won't be ready (on the Mississippi Gulf Coast) for this hurricane season, and there probably won't be anything in place for next hurricane season. This is a huge undertaking, and there are curves ahead yet that we don't see. |
We're looking at doing a convenience contract with a vendor to work with the governance structure (on the Coast). Because this (statewide) system isn't going to be available this summer and probably not next, we need to have a good plan for how we can use what we already have. |