The first investment returns from the 2023 sale of the city-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway are finally available for spending in the next city budget.

City Manager Sheryl Long has recommended a first draft of the budget for fiscal year 2026 , which includes a plan for spending the $56 million. City Council has the final say over all city spending and is expected by pass a final budget by late June.

"These have been direly needed resources to combat our long-standing deferred capital maintenance — the roads, bridges, public spaces and city facilities that have been underfunded for far too long," Mayor Aftab Pureval said. "We are investing in historically underserved neighborhoods, and we are back on the path to building a Cincinnati where all residents have the infrastructure they dese

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