Adjective
shovel ready (comparative more shovel ready, superlative most shovel ready)
Alternative spelling of shovel-ready
(Of a building project) ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
(by extension) 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.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgshovel-ready
At the end of the day, the only things that are shovel ready around here are the words coming out of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's mouth. Reince Priebus
That is, the government borrows the money from those thrift-minded consumers and businesses, and then spends it on government programs, corporate bailouts, “shovel-ready” public works projects, or nearly anything really, so long as it gets spent. Source: Internet
This week, Vice President kicked off a six-week campaign dubbed "Recovery Summer," designed to defend the stimulus and to call attention to a surge in stimulus-funded projects that are finally shovel-ready. Source: Internet
The initiative is one that aims to foster the development of a national portfolio to fast-track investment generation efforts, both local and foreign, through targeted matchmaking of pre-packaged investment concepts and “shovel-ready” projects. Source: Internet
Greg Smith, Walmart's executive vice president of supply chain, said the port's "business mindset, efficient operations and shovel-ready site" at the commerce park were key factors in the retailer's decision to locate here. Source: Internet
Those trillions should have been used for shovel-ready jobs, to pay welders, steelworkers, crane operators, truckers and laborers to repair airports, seaports, bridges, roads, dams and other parts of our infrastructure. Source: Internet