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What is the project value of the Los Angeles Metro Eastside Extension?

The Gold Line Eastside Extension (now part of the E Line) of the Los Angeles Metro is the six-mile light-rail extension from Union Station through Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights to East Los Angeles with eight new stations, two of them underground at Mariachi Plaza and Soto, and twin tunnels of 1.7 to 1.8 miles under Boyle Heights, whose construction began in 2004 and which opened on 15 November 2009 after five years of work, on budget. The contractor Shimmick lists the design-build project value as USD 629 million; the total project cost of USD 898 million from a search summary was not confirmed by an opened page.