Complex sentence: Construction of the new $53.5 million project began in 2002, and was expected to be completed by the spring of 2003, with the House Appropriations Committee originally allocating $45 million for the project.
Split into simpler sentences: Construction of the new $53.5 million project began in 2002, and was expected to be completed by the spring of 2003. The House Appropriations Committee originally allocated $45 million for the project.