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THE DUKE ENDOWMENT OF PRIVATE THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, RURAL CHURCHES, AND CHILDREN SERVICES.RC ON THIS EDITION OF CAROLINA BUSINESS REVIEW,ON LAURA CANTRE OF THEA COASTAL COUNCIL DOCTOR PATRICK MAKE OUT DOWEL FROM DMA CONSULTING AND SPECIAL GUESTOM CHRISTIE HALL, SECRETARY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.TH >> HAPPY SUMMER, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO JOIN US.

LAURA, LET'S START WITH YOU.

THIS IS A FUN QUESTION BUT IMPOSES AN ISSUE AND THAT IS PEOPLE IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE HAV BEEN LET OUT OF PRISON, WE ARE IN THE SUMMER SEASON, THERE IS BIT OF A BUZZ RUSH TO THE BEACHES, OUR BEACHES ARE FULL, OUR ACCOMMODATIONS ARE HOTELS ARE FULL, OUR ROADS ARE FULL, DOES THAT CREATE AN EVEN MORE EXACERBATED ISSUE AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES?

A >> THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU, IT'S GOOD TO SEE, YOU AGAIN AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.

A YOU HAVE ASKED A GREAT QUESTION AND YOUR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO BE LET OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND ENJOYING NATURE A AND DOING THE THINGS T THEY LOVE IN THE SUMMERHE.

WHAT THEY WANT IS TO COME TO OU COASTS, AND THAT IS IN MANY WAY THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE OU ECONOMYRE AGAIN, TOURISM IS OUR MAJOR INDUSTRY, AND IT, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES CREATE CHALLENGE ANDEIT ONE THING IN PARTICULAR WOULD LIKE TO USE IS AN EXAMPL OF THE CHALLENGE IS AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE HAD HERE I JUST THIS WEEK, I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE HAD ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANDUT CORNELL ORNITHOLOGY LAB C OUR STATE DISCOVERED THAT HALF OF THE ENTIRE WORLD POPULATIONF, WHICH IS A MIGRATORY BIRD, , STOP OVE AT, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL THEY STEP ON THEIR WAY TO THE ARCTIC.

THESE ARE MIGRATORY BIRDS.

SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG KNOWN THAT THE POPULATIONS OF THE LISTED CLIENT KLA FOR REASONS AND THAT ARE NOW ABOUT 40,000, AND IT'S JUST A DISCOVERY WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 20,000 OF THESE BIRDS ARE STOPPING00 AT THIS MIDDLE PLACE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.

P IT IS SO REMARKABLE, I COULD GO ON AND ON C, THEY GO FROM SOUTH AMERICA, THEY WAIT MAKE ONE PIT STOP TO GET READY FOR THEIR JOURNEY, R ONCE THEY LEAVE, THE DON'T STOP UNTIL THEY GET TO THEIR DESTINATION, THEY FLY FOR DAYS.R THEY ARE INCREDIBLE AND I THINK THAT A ONE THING THAT THE SHOWS.

FOR THE BIRDS AND OTHER KIND OF WILDLIFE, THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINACA CONTINUES TO G ANDTI THE POPULATION GROWS CLIM CHANGE AND IMPACT OF, MORE STORMS.A IT'S MAKING IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO PROTECT THESE PLACES IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUSLY MORE DIFFICULTBV.

>> I KNOW THAT WON'T SURPRISE INSIDERS LIKE YOURSELF, BUT DOE IT GIVE YOU MORE LEVERAGE, AGAIN , I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD TOO MUCH T COMMIT DOE IT GIVE YOU C SOME LEVERAGE WIT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MAY BE BE MORE PROTECTIVE OF COASTAL RANGES?

>> YES, I HOPE SO AND I THINK I IS UP TWO PEOPLE LIKE US, LIKE MY ORGANIZATION AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATES IN STEWARDSE FOR THESE SPECIAL NATURAL BASES S TO MAKE THE CAS ABOUT WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT, THEY'RE NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR THE BIRDS WHICH IN AND OF ITSEL IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE ARE ALL PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM AND KEEPING THE NATURAL PLACES NATURAL AND FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE OF THOSE PLACES AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND PLAY AND ENJOY, THAT IS THE TRICK.

>> YOU KNOW, LET'S STAY WITH THIS IDEA OF NGOS AND NONPROFIT DURING THE TIME AND OF COURSENO COASTAL CONSERVATION TALKS ABOU ONE ASPECT OF THIS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SEASON ABILITY O THE SEASONALITY OFN NONPROFITS AND NOW THAT WE ARE ON THE TAIL END OF WHATEVER THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WAS OR AS, IS THERE A SLOWDOWN IN GROWTH RECEIPTS BY NONPROFITS?

>> NOT NECESSARILY.

IN FACT I THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY T DESPITE PANDEMIC AND COVID 19 ISSUES, PHILANTHROPY IS UP 5 PERCENT AN NONPROFITS ARE CONTENT COUNTIN ON CONTINUED GROWTH, MANY OF THEM STRUGGLED AS YOU KNOW AND THEY ARE GOING TO NEED THIS.

IN FACT, I AM FEARING THAT THER WILL BE DOZENS OF CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CAROLINAS FRANKL TRYING TO RECOUPHE THE LOST INVESTMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN SOME SECTORS.

WOULD SAY ARTS AND CULTURE WHO DEPENDED ON IN PERSON ACTIVITYE AND DIDN'T HAVE IT.

THE NONPRE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HOPEFUL THERE WON'T BE A SUMMER SLOWDOWNHE IN PHILANTHROPY BECA THEY NEED THE CONTINUED REBOUND.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, BACK TO YOU, WE HAVE NOTICED UNSCIENTIFIC LAY IN DIALOGUES LIKE THIS, BUT ALSO INSIDE DIALOGUES THATHI SOME OF THE MARKETS IN SOME OF OUR CAROLINAS ,LI CHARLESTON, UPSTATE, THAT THE LOW ANGLE AND SO FORTH.

THE GIVING, THE PHILANTHROPIC, TOAN 5013 C'S HAS COME OUT WITH RECORD-BREAKING CAMPAIGNS, BUT SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS.EN THEY SEEM TO BE DOING IT IN SILENCE, ON THEIR OWN AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT LIKE THERE USED TO BE IN THE PATHD PAST.

>> SOME OF IT IS A NATURAL RESULT OF THE ISOLATION OVER TH LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I THINK ID FUNDERS ARE GOING TO DEMAND BETTER COOPERATION.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TOR G AROUND TO START ON EVERY NONPROFIT IF WE DON'T SEE ITEV WITH THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT.

THERE GOING TO BE FORCED TO CONSIDER IF NOT PARTNERSHIP MURDERNS, BUT I THINK TO WE ARE GOING TO SEE A MORE EXTENSIVE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION BECAUSE I THINK FUNDERS, GREAT INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONSVI ARE GOING TO SAY CAN'T DO IT ALL.

>> DF TO HAVE SHARPER ELBOWS IF YOUR GOING TO RAISE MONEY, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A BIGGER COMPETITIVENESS?

>> LOOK, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PAT WAS SAYING RESONATES WITH R ME AS A NONPROFIT LEADER AND A DURING THE YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, IT CERTAINLY AS A LEADER, I WAS CERTAINLY REALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT HOW WAS OUR FUNDRAISING GOING TO GO AND FRANKLY HOW WAS I JUST GOING TO MANAGE THE WORK AND THE STAFF WHEN WE WERE BY OURSELVES ALL THE TIME.

WE COULDN'T GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WERE A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION SO HOW DO WE DO O THAT?

>> WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THA AND WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT OUR SUPPORTERSD PAID WITH US, SO WE ARE PART OF THAT TREND IN TERMS OF SHARPER ELBOWS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I LIKE TO THINK THATAB OUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND PEOPLE WH WANT TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AR DOING THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR LOV OF THE T PLACE, AND THEIR DESIR TO SEE IFD HEALTHY AND STRONG FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I ALSO HAVETU MET, WE, OUR ORGANIZATION IS PART OF SEVERAL OF THESE COLLABORATIONS THAT PA TALKS ABOUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING OUR OWN FUNDRAISING AND I THE KIND OF CLASSIC WAY THAT NONPROFITS DO THAT.

ITH THINK IT'S A HYBRID APPROAC BECAUSE I CONSERVATION IS THE TEAMS WORK, AND WE KNOW THAT.

WE CAN DO A LOT MORE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND LEVERAGE OUR RESPECTIVE SKILL SETS THEN WE CAN DO APART, SO WE TRY TO FIND THAT SYNERGY WEREN'T WE CAN.AN >> ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO WE HAD THIS GUEST ON AND WE WELCOM HER BACK, SHE IS THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE PALMETTO STATE STATE, WE WELCOM THE HONORABLE CHRISSY HALL.

MADAM SECRETARY, WELCOME BACK T THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE IMITATION, GLAD TO BETH HERE.

>> THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO THEY'RE COMPARE AND CONTRAST ROADS WERE VACANT, BUDGETS WERE QUESTIONABLE, THE FUTURE OF WHA TRANSPORTATION POLICY PROBABLY SEEMED WAY UP IN THE AIR.

MADAM SECRETARY, HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE AND CONTRAST WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK FOR US HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO KEEP OURCA PROGRAM MOVING AL NICE AND STRONG.

WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOWER TRAFFIC LAST YEAR.

WE USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO DO MORE WORKT WITH THE TRAFFIC LEVELS ON THE HIGHWAYS.T AND THEN IT'S KIND OF SLOWLY INCREASED.

K AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, SOME AREAS LIKE OUR WE ARE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THE TRAFFIC FOR CERTAI AREAS.H WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF VISITOR AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT .

>> IS THERE ANY SURPRISE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT AS THERE A SURPRISE THATSE THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC HA RETURNED AS STRONGLY AS IT HAS?S >> NOT REALLY.

WE WERE INTO DISSIPATING SOME PENT-UP DEMANDRE FROM FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE PEOPLE ARE GETTING COMFORTABLE WITHOM BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL, DOMESTIC TRAVEL IS A LOT MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL RIGHT NOW SO T SOUTH CAROLINA OBVIOUSLY IS A BEAUTIFUL DESTINATION.

LOTS OF GREAT PLACES TO VISIT I GUESS WERE NOT REALLY SURPRISED BY THE INCREASE.

>> I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP.

>> HELLO, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YO AGAIN.IS FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT THIS SPRING ON THE POLICY AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , ISP THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE AS A CONSERVATION LEAGU REALLY LOVE THAT POLICY AND ITS GREAT NEWS FOR PEOPLE LIKE JOE IT'S BILL COUNTYLI WHERE I AM.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST RATE OF FATALITIES FROM COLLISIONS OR ACCIDENTS WITHTA PEDESTRIANS.

AND WE ARE NOT ALONE.

PEOPLE ASKED ME PEOPLE ALL ACROSS CAROLINAAL ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS SO WE ARE VERY WELCOMING OF A POLICY THAT ENCOURAGESAR BALANCES THE NEEDS OF VEHICLES AND DRIVERS WITHS MOTORISTS AND BICYCLES.

SO THANK YOU, MY QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE ANY ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OR THE NEXT STEP FOR THEE COMPLETE STATE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YES, WE HAVE FULLY EMBRACED THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY HEREMB.

WE HAVE INCORPORATED IT INTO AL OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INCLUDINGUR DEDICATING A COMPLE CHAPTER IN OUR NEWLY REVIEWED A CONTACT ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST THE DESIGNERS THAT WORK FOR THE STATE F, BUT YOU START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WE ARE FULL SPEED AHEAD ON THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT IF WE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE WITH THE PANDEMIC, ONE THING IS PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND BICYCLING MORE AND ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS, SO I IS THE NATIONAL TREND WHERE WE ARE GLAD TO BE T FINALLY EMBRAC AND RECOGNIZING HOW PEOPLE MOVE ABOUT AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IT CAN'T BE AN ALL APPROACH TO IT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DEVELOPING THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

>> SECRETARY HALL, EVE GOT A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE, OBVIOUSLY MATERIAL COSTS AND PERHAPS DELAYS AND SUPPLY CHAIN HAVE TO AFFECT ALL THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON.

I'M CURIOUS HOW ARE YOU SEEING THE TIMELINE TIMELINES BEFORE THE VARIOUS PROJECTS?IM >> SO ON THE FRONT END OF THE PANDEMICHE WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.LL EITHER THE AVAILABILITY OF THE MANPOWER OR MATERIAL ISSUES, HOWEVER WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG IN THE SUPPLYING CHAIN FOR US IN THE LAST 3-6 MONTHS.

AND IT IS ITEMS LIKE WE ARE SEEING A 300 PERCENTE [INAUDIBLE] THE TWO BIGGEST AREAS FOR US RIGHT NOWRE FROM A MATERIAL STANDPOINT IS STEEL.

WE USE A LOT OF STEEL AND REBAR ON BIG BEAMS AND THEN THE WIRE MESH THAT WE PUT INSIDEIR OUR CONCRETE PIPES.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DELAYS IN GETTING THAT DONE .

IN ADDITION TO ABOUT 30 PERCENT COST INCREASE.

WE ARE SEEING SOME IMPACTSE ARE TRYING TWO DEAL WITH THAT AS A STATE AND AWO REGION.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME RELIEF ON SOME OF IT.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, A 30 PERCENT COST INCREASE IS A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT, THAT CHANGES BUDGETS, DOES IT CHANGE TIMELINES AND PROJECT COMPLETION DATES?

>> IT COULD POTENTIALLY.

IT DEPENDS ON THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR AND THAT PARTICULAR PROJECTT .

WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS THERS EAGER ISSUE HERE WE BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS AND CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION THAT MAY B DELVING ON THIS THREAD.

I AM WELL AWARE THAT THE DOT HA A DATA-DRIVEN QUANTIFIABLE PROCESS FOR SELECTING AND PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS.

CONGRESSMAN IS CONSIDERING EARMARKS AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

DO YOU SEE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR BETWEEN ARE DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESSES IN WASHINGTON?

>> THEY HORT ANSWER IS YES WE DO.

I HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT C PEOPLE BEIN HIRED AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVE TO I GUESS DO IT IN A CERTAIN N AREA OR A CERTAIN WAY OR A CERTAIN PROJECT.R IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SERVE THE STATEWIDE PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO BE VERIFIED AND LAID OU AT THE STATE LEVEL.D DEVELOPING OUR STRATEGIES, PROGRAMS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT PROJECT AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND ANYTHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TOA MOVI AWAY FROM THOSE PRIORITIES IS CERTAINLY A CONCERN.

THE CONCERN RIGHT NOW >> LET'S TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES, YOU'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE IS PONDERING ADDITIONAL FEES ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND I WONDER IF THAT'S JUST THE REALITY WITH THE FUTURE LOSS OF GAS TAX REVENUE THAT YOU HAVE TO PONDER THOSE TYPES OF MOVES?O >> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE ARE LOOKING LONG TERM W FOR THE STA DOT AND HOW WE FUND OUR S ROADWK .

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR US TO WITH OUR PROJECTS.

I AM SURE YOU ALL JUST LIKE IDEA , WE HAD THE HEADLINE YESTERDAY WHERE WE HAD A MAJORD THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO INCREASE AND BOOST HERE IN SOUT CAROLINA, SO BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VEHICLES BEING SOLD.

YOU REALLY NEED TO START ADDRESSING THE ISSUE NOW, FOR THE AGENCY AND OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY.NC ITS COMING, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HOW QUICKLY IT GETS HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION, BUT WE NEED TO STARTG .

>> SECRETARY HALL, LET ME COME BACK TO THIS QUICKLY AND I DON' WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT BUT O COURSETH IT WAS THAT, AND I DON WANT TO BE HYPERBOLIC ABOUT THIS , BUT AS THE EASY DEPLOYMENT INTO JUST GENERAL SOCIETY GOING TO HAPPEN MAYBURY FASTER THAN W EVEN EXPECT AND WILL A 2-CENT RAISEEC EVEN COME CLOSE TO CLOS THAT GAP EVEN IF ALL OF THE GAS TAX RACE ARE ENACTED THE WAY THEY ARE PLANNED?E >> I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL TODAY IS THE EFFICIENCY IT'S GOING TO DRAMATICALLY THE GALLO SOLD VERSUS WHAT WE INTO THIS DEBATE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH GAS TAX INCREASEEE.

ARE STATE ECONOMIST HAVE ABOUT YEAR-OVER-YEAR ON THE GAS TAX REVENUES.

WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING IS CLOSER TO THE 1 PERCENT TAX.

THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ALL SET FOR US HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA S THE REMEDY IS EASILY MANAGED.

THAT IS A SHORT-TERM ISSUE, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEY CONTINUE SERVING IT YEAR-OVER-YEAR OVER YEAR, SO IT'S THE ISSUE OF HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCY.

WE ARE SEEING IT IN THE GALLON SOLDE COUPLED WITH VEHICLES BE SOLD THAN ELECTRIC.ES WHEN WE SEE THAT GAP CONTINUING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, SEE THE PROJECTION THAT IN 2050 WOULD B ELECTRIC.

THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO ABOUT 41 PERCENT ESTIMATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA BEING ELECTRIC, SO WIL IT HAPPEN SOONER THAN 2050?20 I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE KNOW IT IS COMING AND IT'S REALLY TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.BO >> WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT AND I WANT TO GET TO ONE O THE BIG ISSUES IS THE INTERCHANGE JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBIA AS YOU KNOW CALLED MALFUNCTION JUNCTION.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH MANAGEMENT PROCESS, BUT AS THE DOT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO REMEDIATE THAT'S COME OUT ONE O THE OTHER PARTS OF THAT IS TRYING TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC WHILE YOU'VE GOT WORKERS ON THE ROAD.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT NOW , IS IT DIFFERENT WHEN CARS ARE GOIN FASTER, WHEN TEMPERATURE TEMPER ARE A LITTLE SHORTER AND AGAIN WE'VEIN GOT ABOUT 40 SECONDS HO DO YOU MANAGE ALL OF THAT ISSUE?

>> IT IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WORK AT NIGHT.

OR BEHIND BARRIERS.

>> THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE LAST.

I DIDN'T EVEN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO UNPACK THAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, HAPPY SUMMER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

LAURA AND PAT, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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