BS: Alright, Kelly. You’ve now checked in on two meetings of a subcommittee aimed at finding alternative funding for infrastructure. I know you love a good subcommittee — what’s the deal?
KK: Yeah, these are meetings of a smaller committee under the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization. Basically, they’ve heard a million times that people want a toll-free replacement for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, and they know there are dozens and dozens of unfunded infrastructure and transportation projects in the region — about a $7 billion gap between needs and available funding from NCDOT. So they have been meeting to try to find a solution.
BS: What were some of the ideas?…