Plans to build some kind of system to bring people to and from the Langley marina are alive and well.

Langley’s planning director, Jeff Arango, said he has requested about $260,000 from a Rural Economic Community Development grant through the United States Department of Agriculture. The money would fund engineering and construction of a funicular, a tram-like transport, or an elevator from South Whidbey Harbor up to Cascade Avenue.

“We think we can do the project for about that amount,” Arango said.

Langley received more than $242,000 from a county grant for the project in 2012.