"close on schedule" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to finish or end at the planned time or within the expected timeframe. Example: Despite facing numerous setbacks, the construction of the new airport terminal was finished close on schedule, much to the relief of the project managers.
Its renovation, which cost $25 million, came in on budget and close to on schedule.
Mr. Kessel said in an interview that the Poletti plant would be closed on schedule.
Since July, he says, he has sold one other building along Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, is currently representing two others and is scheduled to close on yet another property there next week.
Last July, he said, his firm sold a 11,550-square-foot building on Myrtle Avenue that in turn generated interest in both Mr. Graue's building, as well as a building, 15 blocks away, that his firm is scheduled to close on shortly.
While commuters on New Jersey Transit trains still had a troubled ride this morning, Courtney Carroll, a spokeswoman for the railroad, said that all of its trains were running "on or close to schedule" as of 1 p.m.
I suggest a simple media idea to start imprinting the time-saving benefits of taking mass transit by running a public service campaign on radio that says "Public transit is running on or close to schedule" after every traffic report.
"I just hope the race goes off on or close to schedule," Dixon, the local, said.
Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor ran on or close to schedule.
"All New York City Transit subways are running on or close to schedule," the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced in a recorded message.
It might not always be the cleanest, and seats aboard it are often hard to come by, but the line tends to provide two things highly esteemed by riders: trains arrive regularly -- that is, on or close to schedule -- and announcements are plentiful and intelligible, largely because of the recent addition of new trains to the line, the report found.
