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BALTIMORE — Baltimore City is planning millions in upgrades over the next six years, from new pools and a youth sports complex to affordable housing and road repairs, city officials said Thursday.
The city planning commission reviewed an early version of the 2027–2032 Capital Improvement Plan, a six-year blueprint that covers projects across every agency, from the Baltimore Police Department and Baltimore City Public Schools to the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Transportation.
Sara Paranilam, division chief of policy and data analysis for the Department of Planning, said the city is no longer starting from scratch each year.
“Until fairly recently we started fresh every year, essentially, which doesn’t make sense if you have a six-year program,” Paranilam said.
Fiscal Year 2027
The capital improvement plan for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2027, includes $35.3 million to replace the northwest police district station, $7 million for a new youth sports complex and $9.7 million to renovate the western sanitation yard.
Paranilam said the city is shifting away from piecemeal funding that can drive up costs over time. Instead of spreading money for a $20 million project across multiple years, the city plans to fully fund projects up-front.
“Agencies would request $3 million, then $3 million, then $3 million until eventually they had $20 million,” she said. “At that point that project was no longer a $20 million project. It was a $25 million or $30 million project. Let’s fully fund that project and move to the next one.”
A Charm TV incubator, meant to foster creators for the local Baltimore-based channel, will receive $7.4 million in funding, as well as the downtown improvement project Downtown Rise, which will receive $7 million.
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