The amount will further decline this year, according to budget projections.

Judging by budget projections, it seems like the future may hold more of the same.

Experience shows, he said, that budget projections one year in advance are quite accurate.

These are a potential recipe for trouble down the road, especially if the new budget projections do not pan out.

Now, I want to remind the people, however, that this is just a budget projection.

All told, about $500,000 has been raised and, if budget projections are correct, $400,000 more will be needed before the film is completed in 2009.

It will be especially hard to maintain discipline after new budget projections are released next month.

In recent years, the city's budget projections have consistently been more accurate.

"We're going to make sure he's not just playing with the numbers," he said of the budget projections.

The mayor's most recent budget projections anticipate that the cost will increase to nearly $800 million by 2010.