Meaning of shovel-ready | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
2. Describing 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.
   broadly

Examples

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

“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.”

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

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