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CEDC Finalizing the funding picture for the downtown mall

November 8th, 2022 by WCBC Radio

The Cumberland Economic Development Corporation is in the process of finalizing the funding picture for the redesign of the downtown mall- after the City Council officially awarded the $14.6 million bid last week. The project includes replacing underground utility lines, reinstalling Baltimore Street through the pedestrian mall and creating a new streetscape with parklets, trees and shrubs. The project came in about two million above estimates, and CEDC executive director Matt Miller said city engineers are in the process of analyzing the financial puzzle…