VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Nearly a million cubic yards of sand will be put down between 15th and 45th streets at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront as part of a $20.2 million beach replenishment project, the first time the city has undertaken such a project in more than five years.
Previously: $22M beach replenishment coming to Virginia Beach Oceanfront for hurricane protection
The project, beginning this week but with an official start in early 2025, is a mitigation and environmental sustainability effort to restore eroded coastal areas that have been damaged by severe storms, waves, winds and flooding.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is contributing $13.13 million of the $20.2 million total, with the city contributing $7.07 million. The city said taxpayer dollars would be saved because the sand will be dredged from the nearby Atlantic Ocean Channel in Norfolk.
The city last carried out a beach replenishment project in 2019, and it said it is following its replenishment implementation schedule of doing so every five to seven years to protect and preserve the city’s coast.