due to a slower-than-expected tunnel boring process. Any costs associated with the delay would come at no cost to the taxpayers and would instead be covered by the contractor. In June 2015, the project management team announced that they would begin testing trains between Lougheed station and Burquitlam station in July 2015. In the week of July 6, 2015, testing began. On November 27, 2015, the provincial government announced that the opening of the line would be further delayed until early 2017. As of April 2016, the project was 85% complete, including trackwork in elevated and at-grade guideways, guideway construction, tunnel boring, tunnel base, station buildings, and testing between Lougheed and Burquitlam station. On September 8, 2016, it was announced that the line would be opening before the end of 2016 but that a concrete date had yet to be set. It was also announced that the line would be referred to as the Evergreen Extension instead of the Evergreen Line. On October 22, 2016, Expo Line and Millennium Line route changes took effect to accommodate the Evergreen Extension. The changes, announced on September 19, 2016, were implemented ahead of the Evergreen Extension opening to familiarize riders with the new operating pattern. On November 7, 2016, TransLink announced that the extension would open on December 2, 2016. Project funding Funding for the project was provided from four major groups: Government of British Columbia: $586 million Government of Canada: $424 million TransLink: $400 million City of Coquitlam and Coquitlam Centre: $21 million Route description The July 2012 project update gave the following description of the alignment: From the line's opening until June 24, 2018, trains ran in the direction of left-hand traffic instead of the standard right-hand traffic between Burquitlam and Lougheed Town Centre, and used two switches just south of Burquitlam station to return to normal travelling direction. Normal right-hand running between those two stations commenced on June 25, 2018, in order to reduce delays. Design The May 2009 Project Description Report and September 2009 Project Update provided previously unconfirmed details about the Evergreen Line, including the following: Travel time from Coquitlam City Centre to Lougheed Town Centre would be 15 minutes. Service would be every three minutes during peak hours. Operating hours would be approximately 20 hours per day on weekdays, and less on weekends. The line would provide direct connections, without transfers, to what [was then] the Millennium