Sentences with phrase «big infrastructure projects like»

Big infrastructure projects like high speed rail, super-fast broadband, carbon capture and storage.

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Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expansions.

The governor's various big - ticket infrastructure projects — like the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport — are also a boon to union labor.

Mr. Cuomo pressed his support in a series of radio and television interviews Tuesday morning, linking the idea of closing Rikers to other big and expensive infrastructure projects he has embarked on, like a new La Guardia Airport and a new Tappan Zee Bridge, and dismissing the suggestion that it would be too mammoth, complicated and costly.

This includes big infrastructure projects to control floods, like levees and breakwaters; retrofitting individual homes or moving homeowners away from floodplains; and restoring wetlands to serve as natural water sinks.

The weaker economic conditions have put pressure on the new Liberal government's election promises, which include big - ticket spending for projects like infrastructure that it says will produce jobs and growth.

So what we've been lacking is the government support that improves technology and infrastructure associated with things like this solar city, because it is too big and is a long - term project.

The engineering firms would like to see as many big climate change infrastructure upgrade projects come their way as possible.

There are various political levers available to encourage projects like Kitimat Clean, such as loan guarantees, subsidies or tax breaks and, because big new infrastructure projects stimulate the economy, politicians are easily tempted to pull those levers.