Back as early as 2006, CAPCOG wanted to attempt to have all of their members on the same radio system, in this case: GATRRS. Williamson County had the available funding at the time and supplemented it with grants to be one of the first. Caldwell, Bastrop, and Lee counties went live a few years later and were built together on one grant. Western counties (Burnet, Llano, Blanco) had geographical problem when it came to implementing 800mhz sites. It would have cost an insane amount of money to build enough 800 sites among the 3 to cover with the unique terrain. A VHF layer was chosen over an LCRA option in 2008. Most agencies in the region have upgraded mobiles and portables to Moto's to be ready. Some of which are APX dual bands that have Austin talkgroups already on them. Tentatively, road and bridge will be the guinea pigs as early as March for diagnosing the bugs. Encryption at this point is unlikely. Talkgroup tags and templates are still being discussed and planned weekly. There are also hopes for having the three counties build a combined or consolidated EOC/Com Center within 5 years.