TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- The return of the Cross Bay Ferry could be in the hands of a local family owned and operated business. The owners of Hubbard's Marina said they are in the front running to get a federal grant and work with local officials to bring the service back.

Waterborne transportation is part of the history of Hubbard's Marina.

"So my grandfather was rowing people across Pass-A-Grille from Gulfport to Pass-A-Grille. And then in the 90s, my father was working on a fast ferry from Tampa Bay to Key West," said Captain Dylan Hubbard.

Hubbard kept it alive by ferrying people from Fort De Soto out to Shell Key and Egmont Key. Now, he said they are on the brink of something big: bringing back the Cross Bay Ferry from downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Tampa.

"It's exciting. It's v

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