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Committee approves CMAQ-funded bikeways and refuse-truck electrification plan; ordinance amended to fix spending cap and attach executive summary
Summary
A Cleveland City Council committee approved Ordinance 1218-2025 to implement a CMAQ grant for high-comfort bikeways, sidewalk improvements and a pilot to electrify refuse vehicles, and amended the ordinance to set a not-to-exceed amount and attach the executive summary.
A Cleveland City Council committee approved Ordinance 1218-2025 authorizing implementation of a CMAQ (congestion mitigation and air quality) grant to fund approximately 15 miles of high-comfort separated bikeways, targeted sidewalk work and a pilot electrification of refuse vehicles. The committee adopted three amendments: (1) require clerk notification on certain expenditures, (2) set a not-to-exceed amount of $6,815,532, and (3) attach the executive summary as a file attachment.
City planning director Cali Mersman and Director Sarah O’Keefe (Sustainability and Climate Justice) described the two grant components: (a) a pilot to electrify refuse trucks in coordination with Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Public Works, and (b)…
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