$145 million needed for Expo Line.

Transit officials said in remarks reported today that they will need an additional $145 million to build the Exposition light rail line from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City. Daily News.

The rise in the cost of the the project, which broke ground in August, once again underscores the huge financial stakes involved in constructing a rail system to the Westside.

Rapid increases in construction costs have ballooned the project's original $640 million budget to $785 million, officials said, and threaten to shorten the line before it reaches Culver City.