just NOAA's notice to mariners, but you know, notice to mariners tells me when a bridge isn't opening. And so you know, Main Street Bridge in Jacksonville that I just went through went from on-demand to opening every four hours. Trust me when I tell you, that makes a big difference. And we're one of the few people -- we read all 17 districts every week and we -- we say we put the notice in notice to mariners. Because what we do is we go through the notice to mariners and find the places that are new that we don't have in our database already, and we put a hazard marker. Or we update the bridge that says when -- what the changes are. We do that every single week and it is a huge job. I -- and by the way, every single district uses a different format. You know, I've begged the Coast Guard, give me -- RADM SMITH: You noticed that too, huh? (Laughter.)
just NOAA's notice to mariners, but you know, notice to mariners tells me when a bridge isn't opening. And so you know, Main Street Bridge in Jacksonville that I just went through went from on-demand to opening every four hours. Trust me when I tell you, that makes a big difference. And we're one of the few people -- we read all 17 districts every week and we -- we say we put the notice in notice to mariners. Because what we do is we go through the notice to mariners and find the places that are new that we don't have in our database already, and we put a hazard marker. Or we update the bridge that says when -- what the changes are. We do that every single week and it is a huge job. I -- and by the way, every single district uses a different format. You know, I've begged the Coast Guard, give me -- RADM SMITH: You noticed that too, huh? (Laughter.)
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