The South Coast Rail project is proposed to extend commuter rail service to the South Coast cities of Taunton, Fall River, and New Bedford. After previous service was discontinued in 1958, the project surfaced in the 1980s. A full planning process was held from 1990 until its suspension in 2002. Planning restarted from the beginning in 2007; the Final Environmental Impact Statement was issued in August 2013. Several separately-funded projects, such as bridge reconstructions, have been undertaken, including major tie replacement (beginning in November 2013), and $2.3 billion was appropriated to the project in an April 2014 state bill. However, full construction has been repeatedly delayed. Plans were changed in 2017 to have limited Phase 1 diesel service via the Middleborough/Lakeville Line in 2022, with full electric service via Stoughton in 2030. The modified plan, which is expected to cost $3.42 billion, proved immediately controversial.