Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: 300.000 Swiss Francs were used in 1977 to shift the stone 127 meters to make way for the motorway passing over the St. Gotthard pass .
Simplified: In 1977 , the stone was moved 127 meters to make way for the new motorway passing over the St. Gotthard Pass , at a cost of 300,000 Swiss Francs .