Bayfront Public Works Projects Status Spreadsheet – January ‘26 update

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.

In Tree City USA, the PHP WMB plantings are complete including the 703 saplings listed in contract as $30,520. Less than the tree mulch cost of $34,240.

About WCCB “[m]entioned in [Thursday’s BAC] meeting that the City will not be accepting the beach access ramp from the private developer until it is made ADA compliant.  Once the ramp is ADA compliant, the City will accept the ramp and take over maintenance.”

Thursday January 15th ‘25 330pm BAC meeting at OPVRS. Join us!

Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad(OPVRS) Building
3769 E. Stratford Road. Enter door opposite Shore Drive.

The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission(BAC) is to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues associated with the Bayfront area.

Public comment has apparently changed: expect no public comment discussion with city staff or an ability to ask city staff any questions. Public comment is available at the end of the meeting and may or may not be included in any minutes.

Route 35 ‘25 ridership was 37,091 over 3x ‘23 woot woot! With basically zero advertising too. Imagine how many people would take it if they knew about it!! It’s use plus safe walking & cycling opportunities would reduce traffic for Phase 3 too duh.

Thursday November 20th ‘25 330pm BAC meeting at OPVRS. Join us!

Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad(OPVRS) Building
3769 E. Stratford Road. Enter door opposite Shore Drive.

The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission(BAC) is to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues associated with the Bayfront area.

Planned closure of south side sidewalk coming soon. Detour on Cape Henry Trail(CHT)! Be safe folks & get outta those vehicles and walk or bike!

Thursday October 16th ‘25 330pm BAC meeting at OPVRS. Join us!

Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad(OPVRS) Building
3769 E. Stratford Road. Enter door opposite Shore Drive.

The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission(BAC) is to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues associated with the Bayfront area.

Prepping for storm blocking heavily used sidewalk.

Thursday September 18th ‘25 330pm BAC meeting at OPVRS. Join us!

Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad(OPVRS) Building
3769 E. Stratford Road. Enter door opposite Shore Drive.

The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission(BAC) is to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues associated with the Bayfront area.

A positive improvement by possibly the consultant hired to ensure pedestrian & cycling access gets appropriate love during P3.

BAYFRONT ADVISORY COMMISSION SHORE DR PHASE 3 UPDATE August 21st ‘25

A few select slides from update.

Thanks to Project Manager William Purcell, P.E. for update!

View all the slides below:

Thursday August 21st ‘25 330pm BAC meeting at OPVRS. Join us!

Ocean Park Fire and Rescue Squad(OPVRS) Building
3769 E. Stratford Road. Enter door opposite Shore Drive.

The mission of the Bayfront Advisory Commission(BAC) is to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding public and private projects and issues associated with the Bayfront area.

Will the trees destroyed in ROW be replaced some day?

Shore Drive Corridor Improvements Phase III & Shore Drive Pedestrian Improvements

Thanks to Bill for his presentation at OPCL last week!

Shore Drive Phase 3 to start in May 2025 – Learn about this 3 year Improvement project

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.

  • What is planned for the Storm Water control at the Page Harbor Landing area?
  • What is planned for the entrances at the boat ramp parking area near Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls?
  • What is planned for the BoBo’s Fine Chicken and Lynnhaven Colony Park parking areas?
  • What is planned for the Lynnhaven Beach Condominium entrance/ Westminster Canterbury acceleration lane area?
  • What impact to Live Oak trees is planned along the entrance area to Westminster Canterbury?
  • What are the impacts to entrances for Shorebreak, Bay Local, Cape Henry Exxon and CP Shuckers?
  • What are the Shore Drive median impacts to areas in Cape Story by the Sea near Beech Street?

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.