Added to the Official Page at VBGov.com for the dredging of the western branch of the Lynnhaven, & dredging opportunities for the rest of the watershed, are notes & comments submitted about using the LBR&BF as the permanent facility from both the March 19th meeting & the submitted comment cards.

We received an update last week about the open FOIA requests excluding work being done related to the Lesner Bridge.
2. Please forward us our open FOIA requests for various reports & analysis that were completed & highlighted the LBR&BF as the appropriate location. I have copied Nancy Bloom on this email as she also has those FOIA requests marked as open.

“All reports and analysis that have been completed have been provided.”

About the current plan of using the LBR&BF as a permanent facility for the entire watershed, we received this feedback:

“See question #4 on the Q&A fact sheet that is available on the related documents section of the project web page for clarification in regards to the anticipated limited duration and use of the facility.  The current proposal is for a permanent facility at this location as part of a long term strategy to provide multiple permanent transfer facilities to serve public and possibly private dredging needs.  If private use is allowed, it is not practical or likely that the Crab Creek facility would serve the needs of the entire Lynnhaven basin.  This issue was addressed in detail as part of the City’s presentation at the March 19th Public Meeting.”

Our hope is that will be explained better at the Official Page.

If you have direct questions about the Coast Guard & Army Corp of Engineer’s analysis we suggest you contact them directly.

Finally, re: Lesner Bridge safety, as soon we have the risk assessments, safety plans based on those assessments & data used by Clark-Nexsen, the engineering consulting company hired to do this work a couple weeks ago, we’ll make the info available here. Hopefully it’ll also be made available at the Official Page as well.