For a printable version of the draft postion statement, click here SDCC_Position_Statement_Dredge_Spoils_(V4_14_May_2011).pdf

Shore Drive Community Coalition
DRAFT Position Statement
Neighborhood Dredge Spoils Transfer Project
For
Lynnhaven Basin

Shore Drive Community Coalition (SDCC) recognizes the continuing need and is in full support of maintenance dredging of the Lynnhaven Basin (“The Project”) provided;

• Under “Full Disclosure”, the project’s scope, duration, costs, environmental impact, and associated risks to the neighborhoods are sufficiently assessed and made public to the citizens of Virginia Beach
• The Project is formally approved by the Mayor and a majority of the City Council members
• Reasonable best practices are safely utilized
• Project is fully supervised by the City for full contract compliance
• The burden of expense for this project be borne by those property owners who would directly benefit
• The environmental quality of the basin’s natural ecosystems is maintained and preserved
• Removed dredge spoils are only trucked from the neighborhoods from where the spoils originated or from transfer stations located in commercially zoned areas along Virginia Beach Boulevard and Laskin Road.  This will eliminate the burden to residents that won’t receive benefit from these dredgings.
• Private dredging companies contracted by individual property owners comply with city supervision, above listed project requirements, and fully compensate the city for the use of their area’s designated dredge spoils transfer site
SDCC_Position_Statement_Dredge_Spoils_(V4_14_May_2011).pdf