The Metropolitan Transit Agency said the Purple Line Extension project is moving forward, according to a statement provided to Beverly Hills Patch over the weekend.

The statement comes in reaction to a Thursday vote by the Beverly Hills City Council to condition its support of the Purple Line Project on a change in the proposed route. It is currently designed to run directly under Beverly Hills High School property.

In the statement, the agency noted that the project went through "5 years of exhaustive environmental, technical and public review." The statement also says that President Obama has included an "initial $65 million in federal matching funds for the project" in his new budget.