Seabirds displaced by HRBT construction to be relocated to manmade island

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – An island, to be built in 2027, will serve as a safe haven and breeding area for the seabird colony that was relocated in 2020 due to the expansion of the Hampton Roads tunnel.

An environmental assessment of the project was recently approved.

The island will be located in the bay between the cities of Hampton and Norfolk and west of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel…

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