Boston Area News

E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Gillette Footbridge Removed From Stimulus List

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

Recipient E-mail:*
- Your Name:*
- Your E-mail:*
Add a Message:
Send me a copy of this e-mail.

Type the characters in this picture:*

Click here to refresh with new letters

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

Print Share + Comments (3)

Dec 4, 2009 4:01 pm US/Eastern

Gillette Footbridge Removed From Stimulus List

BOSTON (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: WBZ

Close

numSlides of totalImages

Gov. Deval Patrick is defusing a potential political time bomb by announcing he will no longer use federal stimulus money for a pedestrian footbridge near the home of the New England Patriots.

An administration aide briefed on the decision said Friday the $9 million project "will be funded with other non-ARRA dollars," using the acronym for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The person spoke on condition of anonymity before the decision was formally announced.
Three weeks ago, the Metropolitan Planning Organization approved using stimulus money for the project.

The team is owned by billionaire Robert Kraft. The decision came just after Kraft and his wife, Myra, made the maximum allowable campaign contributions to Patrick and the state Democratic Party.

The aide says the footbridge cannot be built quickly enough, so the stimulus money will go elsewhere.

Make your voice heard. Click here to comment on this story and read comments left by others.