MC persists in push to clear out Broad Creek channel
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) will hear a permit request from the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) to dredge the Broad Creek channel at the commission meeting Monday, Oct. 28. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. in Newport News and can be watched online.
Going back to Dec. 7, 2023, MCBS voted unanimously to move forward with a “Broad Creek Emergency, targeted dredging design and implementation project.”
Back in April 2024, MCBS approved $170,000 allocation to hire the engineering firm of Waterway Surveys and Engineering in Virginia Beach to develop a survey and dredge plan and that work has been completed.
At the board’s October 2024 meeting, Don Pringle, owner of Regatta Point Yachting Center, encouraged the board during the public comment period to move as fast as it can because large boats are having to “play the tide” to navigate into and out of the creek, because of shoaling in the channel.
Middlesex County Planner David Kretz said this week that he feels if VMRC approves the county’s survey and dredge plan the county will be on the “home stretch” in getting the channel dredged…
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