Jeff Hochmuth stated that a paragraph on the type of projects being focused on, what it will take to continue the Management Services Contract to reach these goals, and what it will take to perform an update, is needed. Jeff Hochmuth noted that addressing what we plan on doing with the corridor is needed. Chuck Sikaras indicated up to a fifty percent match will be required for some federal dollars. If a match is required, the states are going to have to send the match to a lead state. This should be included in our approach.
Regional architecture needs to be in place.
Bill Brownell of FHWA noted that interoperability and architecture are hot buzz words now in Washington. Bill would like to see what GCM will be in the future, and what its vision is. Jeff Benson noted that the plan would address this. Jeff Hochmuth indicated that it needs to be pointed out that the goal here is managing our systems together, and that we are constantly building toward creating a corridor where all these ITS projects fit together for a functional corridor. Dan Shamo stated that architecture is a general guideline of what we need to follow.