Quoted: The bridge over state Route 520, connecting Northeast 36th and 31st streets, is being planned in conjunction with Microsoft's larger campus expansion. Bloomberg reports that local planners are directing the $11 million to the project. Overall, Microsoft is contributing nearly half of the $36.5 million project cost.
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Still, Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, tells Bloomberg that the bridge isn't an appropriate use of the federal stimulus money: "I’m sure Steve Ballmer or Bill Gates could finance this out of pocket change. ... Subsidizing an overpass to one of the richest companies in the country certainly isn’t going to be the best use of our precious dollars."