Mesa County, in western Colorado, has approved a $100,000 grant agreement to carry out a Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Study for Grand Valley Transit. Mesa County looks at transit’s electrificationThe study is funded primarily through $90,000 in Clean Transit Enterprise resources awarded by the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Transit and Rail. A $10,000 local match is already included in Mesa County’s 2026 adopted budget and will be covered through the Grand Valley Transit intergovernmental agreement. Mesa County states that the Mesa County Regional Transportation Planning Office applied for the grant and will oversee the study. Mesa County reports that completion of the study will support future applications for state and federal transit funding programs that require a formal zero-emission transition plan.