Cuyahoga County moving forward with Transport Road site as preferred location for new county jail

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After a contentious meeting and five hours of discussion, an oversight committee guiding planning for a new Cuyahoga County jail agreed to continue pursuing a preferred location, as long as a number of other conditions are met.

Cuyahoga County Justice Steering Committee officials are planning to pursue a shipping container storage yard at 2700 Transport Road as the site for its new jail photographed March 30, 2022.CLEVELAND, Ohio --

The 12-member Justice Center Executive Steering Committee unanimously voted to consider a shipping container yard at 2700 Transport Road as their preferred site for a new 1900-bed jail, based on an amendment that requires a phase two environmental study be done first “to provide reasonable assurance that current environmental restrictions can be removed, and the property is safe for residential use.

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I definitely would love to see the site cleaned up, it's a win for Cleveland and a win for the environment.

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