Public works are indeed a wide category of government-funded and built building projects again for the larger community's leisure, jobs, as well as health & safety needs.
These include municipal houses, transportation networks, public areas, public utilities, as well as other architectural features and resources, and therefore are typically long-term.
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War. American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty with representatives of King George III of Great Britain.