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The people who work on school renovations earn money and spend it into the economy. Lots of people will earn more because of it. The only downside is that some private projects will be delayed or scrapped because people are working on school renovations instead. That's the actual cost of public projects.

It's never a matter of money. Only ever a matter of alternative uses for the effort of real people.