Engineers want the Government to increase spending to stimulate the economy

Work in progress at the Dunkettle Interchange in  Cork. The ACEI said such projects are important to stimulate the economy in the face of any recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Picture Dan Linehan

The Government needs to take advantage of the low cost of borrowing for capital projects to increase spending and stimulate economic recovery, the new President of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) has said.