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Purple Line extension cost:

Phase 1
Local funding: $1,559.79
Total cost: $2,821.96

Phase 2
Local funding: $1,143.24
Total cost: $2,499.24

Phase 3
Local funding: $2,129.39
Total cost: $3,599.27


Total cost of this 9.1-mile HRT subway extension that will help change the urban structure of the city:

$8,920.47

What we paid using local funds:

$4,832.42 (54.2%)


For the $3.6 billion we want to spend for the ESFV streetcar, you could probably fund a Purple Line extension to SM and Sepulveda up to San Fernando — splitting that amount in half $1.8 billion and assuming both would qualify for federal New Starts grants.

This is outrageous.