kEiThZ
Superstar
^ That's the whole point of stimulus through infrastructure to use up the spare capacity of the construction industry (who aren't really pumping out condos and office towers right now) to build infrastructure that can be used in the future (and hopefully will help save costs).
I am actually peeved that the feds let many of the cities re-shuffle projects. Originally, one of the requirements was for the projects to be unscheduled spending, basically not a project that's just advanced....because all that does is transfer the cost to the federal government and move economic activity from the future to the present. If the feds had stuck to that requirement, Toronto still would not have qualified to get its streetcar purchase funded. However, it seems like the feds have relaxed that rule and municipalities across the country are simply advancing planned spending...which given the state of the backlog in this country it could be argued is not a bad thing.
I am actually peeved that the feds let many of the cities re-shuffle projects. Originally, one of the requirements was for the projects to be unscheduled spending, basically not a project that's just advanced....because all that does is transfer the cost to the federal government and move economic activity from the future to the present. If the feds had stuck to that requirement, Toronto still would not have qualified to get its streetcar purchase funded. However, it seems like the feds have relaxed that rule and municipalities across the country are simply advancing planned spending...which given the state of the backlog in this country it could be argued is not a bad thing.