The City of Belleville will upgrade and modernize its rural transit fleet following an investment of $2.8 million from the federal government.
As announced by MP Chris Malette and Mayor Neil Ellis, Belleville will purchase two accessible hybrid buses and three accessible minibuses to replace aging vehicles. This funding will improve access to reliable rural transit services in Belleville and surrounding communities.
This is in addition to a federal investment through the Canada Public Transit Fund's Baseline Funding stream. In 2025, the federal government announced an annual funding allocation for Belleville, amounting to over $4.5 million over 10 years. Funding will upgrade, replace, or modernize the City's public transit infrastructure, and maintain it in a state of good repair.
Transit investments help communities increase housing supply and affordability, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
