Announcements like the one linked below can be as significant for real estate developers, investors, and brokers as they are for contractors. Billions (with a B) of dollars in changes also mean plenty of upcoming opportunities.
Adding or improving infrastructure makes the nearby area more attractive for new businesses along with, in many cases, residential developers or rehabbers. I'm sure some will say, "But these things are years away" and move on. Those are not the people I want to work with.
The rest of us understand the significance. Improving transportation facilities makes it easier and better for consumers to come to the location. Restaurants, retail, employment, and schools are the reasons. New office buildings, restaurants, stores, and schools typically take years to create and construct. Researching, financing, designing, permitting, construction, and hours of preparation are parts of the entire process.
It's the same with planning and implementing the individual projects which make up these billion (with a B) dollar expenditures to make the rest happen. The Massachusetts project featured below is to take place "over the next 10 years".
Having a research person or team helping you could result in thousands and perhaps millions of dollars in revenue "over the next 10 years". That vacant piece of land "near the old bridge" might be available for a lot less than it would be years from now when things are built up. Your building could already be constructed and ready to take on numerous valued clients.
Think of this like the potential home buyers "waiting for rates to come down" while expecting the same deals to still be there if and when they do.
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https://www.roadsbridges.com/funding/news/55261108/massachusetts-gov-healey-unveils-8-billion-transportation-plan