Thursday, March 19, 2026
3:30 P.M.
Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad Building
3769 E. Stratford Road
The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission is to review and make
recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues
associated with the Bayfront area
Special Presentation
Shore Drive Corridor Plan & Design Guideline Topic Breakdown – Environmental
Sustainability: Shoreline Resiliency & Environmental Conservation & Protection
Councilmember Cummings will host a District 8 community meeting on March 19 to update residents on current City projects and issues. Topics of discussion include e-bikes, the City budget, construction on Shore Drive and the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Residents also will hear from the Virginia Beach Police Department about public safety within the district. There will be an opportunity for Q&A.
The meeting will be 6-8 p.m. in the cafeteria at Frank W. Cox High School. Park and enter through the cafeteria doors at the rear of the building.
Please note the location change from the auditorium to the cafeteria.
You can find out more regarding the meeting topics at the City website link D8 Community Meeting
The City of Virginia Beach is implementing an imminent threat curfew for unaccompanied minors at the Oceanfront starting on Friday, March 13.
The curfew will be enforced from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. every weekend, Friday to Sunday, until the end of April. The geographical area of such curfew shall be bounded to the south by Rudee Park, the west by the western boundary of Pacific Avenue, the north by the northern boundary of 31st Street, and the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
More information can be found on the City’s website at Oceanfront Curfew
The following basic information was taken from a presentation made by Mr. Mark Ronsenfield, Exec. VP of McLeskey, at the February Bayfront Advisory Commission meeting.
The project will require a change in zoning from its “by right” PDH-1 (4.25 units per acre) to B-4 (24 units per acre). It will need to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by City Council before construction can start. Public comment will be possible at both of the future meetings.
The developer’s complete presentation can be found below
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Automated cameras will soon be activated around several Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the city confirmed.
In partnership with Altumint, the cameras are being installed at the following school zones: Red Mill Elementary School, Centerville Elementary School and Great Neck Middle School/John B. Dey Elementary School. A spokesperson for the City of Virginia Beach said cameras in those three areas should be activated Tuesday, February 17, weather permitting.
Drivers violating the speed limit will be mailed a ticket and fine after an initial 30-day warning zone.
The city plans to implement camera monitoring at additional school zones in the 2026-2027 school year.
The School Speed Zone Camera Enforcement Program’s initiative is to promote changes in driving behaviors and raise awareness on the impacts of speed-related crashes in school zones, work areas and residential communities.
Click here to read/listen to WAVY story – https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-activates-speed-cameras-in-several-school-zones/
Last week the USACE held 5 public meetings to provide updates to the CSRM feasibility study. You can view the meeting presentation slide show at the following link https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/About/Projects/VBCSRM/
The two slides shown above provide the projects proposed for the Bayfront area. They include tidal surge flood gates at the Lesner Bridge, floodwalls, levees and dune modification.
November 2026 is the scheduled date for the selection of the tentative plan.
If you would like to sign up to receive the BAC’s Baylines newsletter and/or the Shore Drive Phase 3 email updates, you can find both at the City’s BAC homepage. Click the above image or the link listed below.
https://planning.virginiabeach.gov/boards-commissions/bayfront-advisory-commission
This is a new project that was just added to the Bayfront Area projects list. Please be aware if you live along the sand pile or the beach access routes during this replenishment.
In response to the recent October coastal low pressure storms, Public Works obtained quotes to place approximately 84,000 cubic yards of sand along 1,700 feet of the Cape Henry Beach shoreline between Ocean Shore Cresent and Spinnaker Ct. Virginia Carolina Civil received the purchase order to conduct the sand truck haul on 11/7/2025. Sand will be excavated from the City sand stockpiles at the Lynnhaven Sand Stockpile site adjacent to the Lynnhaven Municipal Boat Ramp and the Maple Street sand stock pile. The sand placment effort will begin in early December. (Updated 11/14/2025).
The following update was provided by the City’s Public Works Department. The spreadsheet identifies all of the current projects in the Bayfront Area. Updates are identified in RED.
Event: Christmas Bazaar – Lynnhaven Colony Congregational Church – 2217 W. Great Neck Road
Date: Saturday – November 22, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Sponsoring Organization: LCCC Women’s Fellowship
Features:
Many local vendors, handcrafted items, pottery, wooden items, stained glass, jewelry, hand knitted & crocheted items, quilts, holiday wreaths & floral arrangements, towels, photography, note cards, oyster crafts, home decorating items, and much more. They will also have a raffle, bake sale, gently used Christmas items and clothing, as well as a luncheon.
If you have questions, please call their Church office at 757-481-7674.
A big Thank You to Ms. Katie Shannon, Deputy Director of Public Works for providing the monthly Bayfront Projects Spreadsheet update for September 2025. The projects spreadsheet is an excellent way for Bayfront residents to stay informed regarding current projects that may impact their neighborhoods. The spreadsheet can be viewed below.
The following is an article written by Katherine Hafner of WHRO
published August 4, 2025
A team at Old Dominion University has spent years working to understand when and how the sand ridges were formed – and what they can tell us about sea level rise…
To read or listen to the entire article, please click the map above or the link below.
The Bayfront Advisory Commission will be holding a Special Meeting on Thursday July 17th at the Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Building to discuss items that include subcommittee structure, speaker policy and goals for the upcoming year. The agenda can be found below.
Following the Special Meeting, the BAC will hold its monthly General Meeting. The meeting will start at the normal time of 3:30pm. The agenda can be found below.
Also, the BAC, City Planning and City Public Works has provided an updated Bayfront Projects spreadsheet. Please share this information with your civic groups and anyone else interested in these projects. The project status spreadsheet can be found below.
Please note that due to the City’s observance of the Juneteenth Holiday, this month’s BAC meeting has been moved to Monday June 16th at 3:30pm in the Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad.
The agenda for this meeting is below.
The Shore Drive Phase 3 Improvement Project(SDP3), first identified as a City Capital Improvement Project (CIP) in 2007, is finally getting ready to happen. This 3 year long construction project will improve the section of Shore Drive between the Lesner Bridge and North Great Neck Road, making the road safer for pedestrians and vehicles. Construction will take place over the next 3 years and will definitely have an impact on our Bayfront area in the process.
In an effort to help provide as much information to the residents as possible, we have been working with the City and Councilman Cummings to gather as many details as possible to help answer questions regarding this project. Thanks to the City’s Public Works and Councilman Cummings, we are able to provide the following detailed drawings for construction, traffic management and storm water plans. Please see below for a link to our project page for the SDP3 project.
https://weloveshoredrive.com/phase3/
The detailed project drawing documents should be able to help answer some of the following questions we have heard from the residents.
Additional information regarding this CIP can be found at the City’s website link https://vbgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/11ca2d264a6c45aeaf6e6b4723297341
The City’s CIP data sheet can be seen below
We understand that this data is a lot to digest and we plan to help by posting drawing analysis reviews and City provided updates as best possible. Similar to the Lesner Bridge 3 year project, we can make it through the pain to get to the well deserved benefits and information will be a critical factor.
On Thursday May 1st, there will also be an opportunity to learn more about the upcoming construction project at the District 8 Councilman Cummings Community Meeting. More information on this meeting can be found below.
This post will expand on the civic engagement request mentioned in the recent Bayfront Advisory Commission April Baylines Bulletin regarding the City’s request to comment on their Draft Comprehensive Plan. The information below just highlights some of the sections that pertain to the Bayfront/Shore Drive area. You are encouraged to read the entire document and provide comments to the Bayfront Advisory Commission at BayfrontVB@gmail.com and the City’s Planning Department at CompPlan@vbgov.com
The following are brief details from the Draft Comprehensive Plan. The entire draft plan can be view at https://planning.virginiabeach.gov/comp-plan/2040-comprehensive-plan-draft-document
Image #1 above shows the Coastal Planning Area which covers most of Shore Drive. The plans for this area can be found starting on page 112 of the Draft Plan.
Image #2 shows the Local Core Center development details identified for the area around the intersection of North Great Neck Road and Shore Drive (page 170)
Image #3 shows the design guidelines for the Core and Edge zones for the Local Center. Core building heights of 3 to 6 stories and Edge building heights of 3 to 10 stories are recommended.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
3:30 P.M.
Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad Building
3769 E. Stratford Road
The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission is to review and make
recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues
associated with the Bayfront area.
Meeting Agenda
Bayfront Projects Spreadsheet
#WeLoveShoreDrive 