The Lawrence Public Transit System will receive a $150,000 grant from the federal government to replace city buses, a move announced Wednesday by Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore.

The grant falls short, however, of the roughly $2.3 million requested by the city transit service. When the grant request was filed earlier this year, the local transit system was seeking roughly $1.9 million to replace the aging buses, with $400,000 requested to complete a feasibility study for a bus maintenance facility.

City commissioners toured a new bus last week that could potentially cost $320,000.