There is already a project to bring light rail to the Microsoft campus, but it will not complete for 12 years or so. This overpass will actually help to connect across the 520 interstate, and allow people to avoid the already overcrowded mess that exists there, along with next closest crossing to the south, which is a crawl every day of the week. Building this bridge is good for the community, not just Microsoft. And Microsoft employees pay a lot of taxes in the area, getting funding for half a bridge does not seem unreasonable.
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There is already a project to bring light rail to the Microsoft campus, but it will not complete for 12 years or so. This overpass will actually help to connect across the 520 interstate, and allow people to avoid the already overcrowded mess that exists there, along with next closest crossing to the south, which is a crawl every day of the week. Building this bridge is good for the community, not just Microsoft. And Microsoft employees pay a lot of taxes in the area, getting funding for half a bridge does not seem unreasonable.