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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A City of Virginia Beach commission has come up with a list of proposed destinations for sludge if they move forward with a dredging project along the Lynnhaven River Basin and Long Creek.

In March, 10 On Your Side told you about the battle brewing between waterfront neighbors in the area.

Folks living along the river want deeper water for bigger boats, but to accommodate larger vessels the city would have to dig up the river bottom and transfer the materials or dredge.

Homeowners previously told us of their concerns about sludge placed on barges and dumped across the waterway in front of their Long Creek homes.

“We’ll never be able to sell them, rent them or live in them without that noise, that pollution, that smell,” said homeowner Lynne Bornstein.

The issue brought out members of the city’s beaches and waterway advisory commission to take an afternoon tour of that site and others.

“If we can find alternatives that’s what we’re all about. It’s fact finding for us,” said Commission Chairman Tom Fraim.

The Commission expects to hear from the public on this issue perhaps as early as next week at its regularly scheduled meeting.

While board’s decision is not expected for several weeks the City Council will have the final say in the matter.