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Light rail projects face funding questions with Trump administration

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The Green Line extension to the southwest metro faces another question: Will the federal government send the remaining $234 million it awarded the project in 2020 ? After many delays and cost increases, the project is more than 80% complete and supposed to begin service in 2027 .

The project, expected to cost $2 billion at the time of groundbreaking, was awarded a $929 million federal grant during the first term.

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