shovel ready
Awaiting funding only
Shovel ready describes a construction or infrastructure project that has completed all planning, permitting, and approval stages and can begin immediately once funding arrives.
The term gained prominence during economic stimulus debates, when governments sought projects that could create jobs quickly: The mayor promised shovel-ready projects would break ground within weeks of receiving the grant.
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
- lotLarge amount or portion
- constructionProcess of building something
- building permitOfficial approval for construction
permits · infrastructure · bridge repair · blueprints · federal grants · government funding · public spending · investment · stimulus · airports · groundbreaking · funding · state budgets · economic recovery · economic · job creation · spade · ribbon cutting
shovel readyconceptual
Of or relating to ideas
in the pipeline · in development · stalled · on hold · theoretical
shovel readyback to the drawing board
Must begin planning anew
half-baked · pie in the sky · vaporware · napkin sketch · blue-sky
shovel readypie in the sky
Unrealistic hope or plan
vaporware · aspirational · hypothetical · speculative · blue-sky
ready, shovel, shovels, shoveling, shoveled, shoveller, shovellers