shovel-ready
adjective/ˌʃʌvl ˈredi/
/ˌʃʌvl ˈredi/
- (of a construction project) at the stage where workers can be employed and building begun
- The pipeline is a $7 billion, shovel-ready project.
- This infrastructure project is shovel-ready.
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