Quinte Exhibition, one of the oldest country fairs in Ontario, isn’t moving just yet to the new Belleville city fairgrounds on Highway 37 at Black Diamond Road.
Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis says it’s time the city’s West Hill main corridor undergoes a major facelift to restore Bridge Street West from Coleman Street, past the old city fairgrounds and former Ben Bleecker site to Palmer Road.
A draft capital budget up for review Monday by Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis and city council calls for $39.8 million less spending for capital maintenance and acquisition for the year ahead.