[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Dion

Can't spend the money on anything else?

Here's a quote from Ed Stelmach from todays Herald. Sounds like council had plenty of options.

Yes, there was nothing saying the money had to be spent on this particular bridge. It had to be spent of infrastructure, though, so it had to build a bridge (or other infrastucture) somewhere. That's still a lot of options.