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  • noun A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ project

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Examples

  • We need an integrated rapid transit web to serve the region and planning it piecemeal, or as after-thoughts or after-market add-ons after each new megaproject is built, won't get us to there.

    Council Moving Closer to McGinn on 520 Light Rail « PubliCola 2010

  • And although three tracks made their way to the Internet early two on purpose, the album is the first major-label megaproject in years that didn't leak in its entirety ahead of time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • And although three tracks made their way to the Internet early two on purpose, the album is the first major-label megaproject in years that didn't leak in its entirety ahead of time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • And although three tracks made their way to the Internet early two on purpose, the album is the first major-label megaproject in years that didn't leak in its entirety ahead of time.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • Seattle monorail is an example of the kind of megaproject fiasco local politicians rush to embrace, and nothing suggests they've learned any substantive lessons from it.

    Sound Politics: I Agree with Liberals 2006

  • 'megaproject' as the Transcontinental Railway BAM-Yakutsk-Uelen [where BAM stands for Baikal-Amur Mainline], with a line through Magadan Region and a tunnel across the Bering Strait to Alaska-a project which has been included in the Russian Federation Transport Strategy for the Period to 2030, and which is viewed by the Russian and U.S.

    LaRouche's Latest 2010

  • The latest row involves a megaproject that will eventually connect Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai in Guangdong province via a series of bridges and tunnels.

    Contempt for Hong Kong Law 2011

  • I should add that if the US does fill the gap, it will be via private enterprise (Falcon 9/Dragon), not the NASA megaproject.

    Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009

  • One such key megaproject could be the so-called Desertec project, which attempts to tap solar power in the Sahara desert for consumption in Europe.

    ABB Wins Contract to Build Indian Power Highway Goran Mijuk 2011

  • The compelling new documentary Battle for Brooklyn does not just recount seven-plus years of community conflict over the Atlantic Yards megaproject, which includes an under-construction basketball arena for the relocated New Jersey Nets plus 16 planned skyscrapers.

    Norman Oder: Battle for Brooklyn Recasts the Atlantic Yards Narrative Norman Oder 2011

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