The state overall takes a slight hit from a reduction in funding in the trillion dollar spending bill before Congress this week, but LA Metro is likely to get some federal money for the Westside Subway and the downtown Regional Connector. The funding would cover a portion of the projected $2.8 billion first segment of the subway extension from Wilshire and Western to Wilshire and La Cienega, and also a portion of the $1.4 billion tunnel downtown that will link the Gold Line to the Blue Line and Expo Line.

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