It required the government to demonstrate that there were no "feasible and prudent" alternatives to building through public lands.

At the end of the day, the problems of last-minute scheduling and logistics left us with no other prudent alternatives.

He had spent the day considering all the prudent alternatives to what, in the end, he knew it must come to, discarding them one by one.

If there is such a finding, the administrative body can deny any project provided "there is a feasible and prudent alternative."

It would just require the developer to show there are no feasible and prudent alternatives.

It is incumbent on the church to demonstrate that there is no feasible, prudent alternative.

Secretaries of the Treasury of both parties have concluded that asset sales are not a prudent or viable alternative to increasing the debt limit.

One way to forestall the whole mess, of course, is to file separate returns from the beginning, even though it isn't always the most financially prudent alternative.

Taxing work, but the prudent alternative.

Despite the obvious drawbacks, the prudent alternative is Interstate 95.