The phrase "allocate around" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are discussing the distribution of resources or time, but it is better to clarify the meaning.
Example: "We need to allocate around the budget for the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "distribute approximately" or "assign roughly".
The SEMCOG transportation plan being voted on Thursday would allocate around $2.7 billion for the I-94 expansion between I-96 and Connor, and $1.3 billion for the I-75 widening.
The plan, proposed by Councilman Martin J. Golden, would allocate around $650,000 to build a rink over five of the courts, while refurbishing the five remaining ones.
While Rutherford suggests startups allocate around 3% of gross revenues for "marketing in general", Timo Schmidt, co-founder of Gousto, says it is completely dependent on the business.
The REF, a six-yearly assessment of the qualities and impacts of UK research, is used to allocate around £1.6 billion of public funding on an annual basis.
Germany, for example, uses income measures to allocate around a quarter of local-government funding for universities, but a range of other metrics, including the number of graduates and PhDs, are also considered.
The government intends to allocate around £150 million to help fund the move, although councils may still struggle to implement the proposals at a time of budget cuts.
India spends less relatively little money per capita on health, allocating around 1.4% of GDP.
Many argued that the ranches, which were allocated around cattle posts, did not consider many poor pastoralists who did not have boreholes but depended on the communal areas and the numerous sandveld natural water pans for survival.
Transport Scotland has allocated around £35.8m to active travel in 2014-2015.
Few countries invest less in education than Pakistan: successive governments have allocated around 2% of GDP to the education budget.
For the April executions, Indonesia allocated around AU$20,000 for each prisoner in its "execution budget" and chose Nusakambangan Island for the venue because it was cheaper than other locations.
