Light rail transit officials say the projected state budget deficit has forced them to delay the start of light rail service in Minneapolis. Hiawatha Line officials say service won't start until April, 2004, four months later than projected. They say construction of the eleven and half mile long line from downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America is on time and within budget. But they say there's not enough money to begin service as early as they wanted. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. Hiawatha Line officials wanted the **first** train to leave the station in December 2003 with partial service from the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis to the Veterans Hospital on the city's southern border. Metropolitan Council chairman Ted Mondale says the startup is delayed because his agency has to put together a budget that anticipates the projected state budget deficit.