Ezio Buselli, Chinalco's vice president of environmental and corporate affairs, would not say how much the company spent to build the new town, but he said the total exceeded the $50 million it had pledged for the project.
A museum trustee, David H. Koch, has pledged $10 million for the project.
A plan to raise the bridge by 64 feet is on the boards, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey pledging $1 billion for the project.
"Collegiate gothic sets an ambience for learning that had a very positive impact on me," wrote Ms. Whitman, who, as if to prove her point, has pledged $30 million for the project, which will bear her name.
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the chancellor, George Osborne, have each pledged £30m for the project, from TfL and the Treasury respectively, with additional funding to be raised privately.
It's backed by a deep bench of billionaires like swashbuckling media and airline tycoon Richard Branson, hedge-fund chieftain George Soros and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has pledged $2 billion for the project.
The new stadium is backed by billionaire casino mogul and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, who has pledged $650 million for the project ― but only on the condition that the state approve the subsidy.
The Indiana Department of Transportation pledged $1 million for the project to build a ramp to the Big Four Bridge on the Indiana side, on Riverside Drive, and Jeffersonville pledged $200,000; early estimates were that the Indiana ramp would cost $2.8 million, but was likely to increase.
And, like so many other national candidates, he went to Chungcheong to pledge his support for the project.
Last month, speaking about the $3bn the federal government had pledged for the road project, Napthine said: "We welcome the prime minister's involvement in infrastructure, but we do have our differences".
Q| Has the Government pledged any money for the project?
