Belleville City Council went through each line item of the 2026 Capital Budget in a special council meeting Tuesday morning.

The capital spending plan totals $55.5 million, a slight increase over last year’s $53.6 million budget.

Core infrastructure (roads, bridges, water, and wastewater) was the primary focus in the budget, representing around 67% of expenditures.

Major projects in the budget include more work on Bridge Street East valued at $5 million and an extension to the North Riverfront Trail at $6.3 million.

Discussing Bridge Street East, Councillor Garnet Thompson put forward an amendment to increase the funding of the project to $5.35 million.

This would have been to allow for the creation of traffic lights at the intersection of Bridge Street East and Farley Avenue.

That a

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