VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Residents and businesses in the Shadowlawn neighborhood celebrated Saturday as a more than two-year construction project along Winston-Salem Avenue reached completion.
The project had been in planning for more than a decade and includes wider sidewalks, improved stormwater drainage, and better accessibility between the resort area and the marina district.
“With everybody’s patience and help, we got through it, and we’re going to enjoy it for decades to come,” Virginia Beach Vice Mayor Rosemary Wilson said.
Emily Archer, the city’s director of economic development, said the project was designed to improve connections between the resort and marina districts…