Lacking matching funds, DOTD not applying for passenger rail grant

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Transportation officials will not apply this year for a federal grant to help fund the proposed Baton Rouge-to-New Orleans passenger rail because the state could not come up with matching funds. This gives the state more time to identify funds and apply next year, says Baton Rouge Area Foundation Vice President John Spain, who has

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