CLEVELAND, Ohio – A 12-member oversight committee considering plans to renovate or replace the 46-year-old Cuyahoga County Justice Center received its first look Thursday at cost estimates for a series of design options with price tags totaling over $1 billion, depending on the final wish list.
The Cuyahoga County Justice Center Steering Committee, which is simultaneously overseeing plans to build a detached county jail, still has not decided whether to construct a new courthouse or rehab the existing one. It also doesn’t know whether the facility will continue to consolidate city and county courtrooms under one roof; discussions have been on hold since the start of the pandemic.