The phrase "a backlog of projects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a collection of tasks or projects that have not yet been completed or addressed.
Example: "Due to the recent staffing shortages, we now have a significant backlog of projects that need to be prioritized."
Alternatives: "a queue of projects" or "an accumulation of projects".
Now largely staffed by civilians, the Corps has a backlog of projects it does not have the money to accomplish.
I've a backlog of projects to finish so I'll be applying all my time to those once I hand over the children's laureate baton.
For states, acute revenue shortfalls, combined with years of rising construction costs and a backlog of projects, are forcing difficult choices between raising taxes or imposing drastic cuts.
Some things never change: taking time away will inevitably mean coming back to a full email account and a backlog of projects.
The Federal Highway Administration will stop helping states with highway projects, and a backlog of project applications will build up.
The president seeks a 12.7percentt cut in spending for the Army Corps of Engineers, to $4.2 billion, and he would halt construction of new projects while the agency tries to clear up a backlog of old projects, building dams and dredging harbors.
States did have a backlog of maintenance projects, such as repaving dilapidated roads.
An increase in visitors and aging infrastructure both contributed to a backlog of maintenance projects in the parks.
In New York, the authority has a $50 million operating deficit and a backlog of capital projects and other repairs that is estimated to cost $7 billion to address.
Mr. Martelly, among his list of goals like expanding education, also played up kick-starting foreign investment and unclogging a backlog of delayed projects.
In Alberta's oil sands, and in neighbouring British Columbia, which is preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics, there is a backlog of construction projects worth billions of dollars.
