November 15th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

After more than a year of discussion centered on re-opening each end of the downtown mall to one way traffic while maintaining a closed pedestrian area in the center- the Cumberland Mayor and City Council have scrapped that idea and are looking in a new direction. A 90 minute work session on the future design of the mall held Tuesday night saw the council members “reluctantly” agree to a concept of one way traffic, running the full distance of the mall west to east, with a bike lane. Limited parking may also be part of the final design. Cumberland Mayor Brian Grim began the discussion by saying that, all things being equal, he would prefer to see the pedestrian mall concept remain in place…