Jared Polis: “Nearly all of the federal grants around rail and transit…”

“We are, we are already pursuing federal dollars, to be clear, and we have been identified as one of only two Tier 2 rail quarters in the country are pursuing Crissy grants. But there was no me. Nearly all of the federal grants around rail and transit require a state match and we simply didn't have that. We could have pulled down some money in some corridors, but not enough to make Front Range passenger rail a reality.” (50:42–50:50)

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