Sentence examples for projects on the chopping from inspiring English sources
It was, among other transportation projects, on the chopping block.
He is not ready to say, however, if Western's controversial community-based conservation projects are on the chopping block.
According to a recent report by the Sentencing Project called On the Chopping Block (pdf), which detailed all the prison closures and attempted closures in the past year, several state governors have been dragged into legal battles with state employees and unions who want the prisons to stay open.
But on Tuesday, Ms. Bartz also gave little indication of what products or projects might be on the chopping block.
Sepulveda said that the pedestrian bridge project was "not on the chopping block" and has funding through Measure R funds, federal money from the Surface Transportation Uniform Relocation Assistance Act and state funds from the Interregional Transportation Improvement program and Public Transportation Modernization, Improvement and Service Enhancement Account.
Given the current severity of proposed state budget cuts, certain projects shouldn't be put on the chopping blog while others escape scrutiny.
The Minas Rio white elephant in Brazil doesn't appear to be on the chopping block; the project is expected to be completed within the budgeted total capital cost of $8.8bn and on-track for first shipment by end 2014.
Also on the chopping block are several major NSF-funded construction projects, including a solar telescope, a gravity wave observatory, and ecological and ocean-observing networks.
Some of the more hallowed, burned-into-your-brain assumptions of traveling around the region are now on the chopping block as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority seeks to curtail yet another budget deficit — this one projected at $400 million.
Lay flat on the chopping board.
