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shovel-ready

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Adjective

  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.
  3. Alternative form of shovel-ready.

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