 The project's total budget was $33 million (equivalent to $ in dollars), but only cost $23.5 million to construct (equivalent to $ in dollars) due to cost savings in engineering and project bidding.The Nickel Program also funded several other projects on the SR 531 that were completed in the late 2000s and early 2010s.In 2007, a set of sidewalks were added to the highway near Lakewood High School and its adjacent elementary school in Lakewood.