public works
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The department notified the local public works agency of some damage, but McGee could not say what exactly was damaged or what the extent was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
That meant governments had to compensate people if public works like roads and aerodromes affected the value of property.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Federal Highway Act was designed to create 41,000 miles of highway, making it the largest U.S. public works program at the time, and authorized $33 billion of road building over 13 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two blocks of municipal land, including the village office, council chambers, public works facilities, and a recreation center, sit directly above a former mine site.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Cities differ from villages in their monumental public works, palaces of rulers, accumulation of capital from tribute or taxes, and concentration of people other than food producers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
