个人感觉 it is在这是多余的,因为spend money/time doing本身就是固定的.
这句话就是,许多人认为政府应该去把资金用在基础建设的艺术和文化项目上.我杂觉得是 政府应该把用在艺术文化项目上的钱转而用在基础建设上呢？如果按你的理解，这句是这么改：
many people think that the government should spend the large amount of money channeling into artistic and culrutral projects rather than basic infrastructure projects.


many people think that the government should spend the large amount of money channeling into artistic and culrutral projects instead of basic infrastructure projects.