shovel-ready

comparative more shovel-ready · superlative most shovel-ready · alternative shovel ready

1. Of a building projectready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.

   LCDC officials emphasize that the need for shovel-ready industrial sites in this case outweighs the goal of preserving prime farmland.

   2003, Urban Land Institute, Urban Land, volume 62, numbers 7-12, page 44

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   With an eye to the imminent federal budget, Toronto business and civic leaders are set today to name $4.8-billion in "shovel-ready" projects that would stimulate the flagging local economy.

   2009 January 15, Jennifer Lewington, “Battle brews over ‘shovel ready’ projects”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page A12

   He wants the money injected into major infrastructure schemes and claims there are "several shovel-ready schemes just awaiting funding".

   2020 May 20, “Network News: Mayor urges funding advance”, in Rail, page 13

2. broadlyDescribing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.