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Greater Clevelanders have often lamented the large number of downtown lakefront redevelopment plans that have come and gone without producing much, if anything — other than more paper. Sadly, so have the large number of plans for a downtown intermodal transportation hub. They’ve sparked as much as a match in a vacuum would.

This week, city of Cleveland officials learned they have a new chance to strike one while there’s political fuel surrounding it. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded $960,000 to the $1.2 million North Coast Connector Multimodal Hub Area Study . The city and its partners are providing the remainder.

It appears the driver this time around is to cons

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