public works
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As for public works, China has enough and Beijing’s more important fiscal priority remains bailing out heavily indebted local governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The upfront cost for each interceptor is estimated at $5 million to $8 million, with ongoing operation costs up to about $3 million to $4 million per year, according to public works officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
Instead, firefighters and public works employees were covering the site inch by inch with soil dredged from a nearby site.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
In the 1930s and early 1940s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to roll out the New Deal—a massive public works and investment program designed to lift the nation out of a severe depression.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
