
Coastal & Waterways
The skilled and professional staff within the Department of Public Works provide full life cycle management of the City’s coastal resources and waterways.
All Virginia Beach government administrative offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Waste Management services are not impacted since curbside collections and the Landfill and Resource Recovery Center do not operate on Mondays. Some City facilities will be open for business. For a full list of open locations and services, please read the Labor Day operating schedule.
Learn MoreThe skilled and professional staff within the Department of Public Works provide full life cycle management of the City’s coastal resources and waterways.
The Beach Operations, Dredge Operations, and Engineering & Construction Bureaus work together to manage the full range of engineering, project management, surveying and technical services. These efforts support programs and upkeep of the City’s coastline, beaches, inlets, channels, lakes, rivers, and tidal bays.
These divisions and bureaus manage the City’s coastal capital improvement projects (CIPs) which revolve around beach replenishment, beach access, main channel and inlet navigational dredging, and the Neighborhood Navigational Dredging Special Service Districts (NDSSDs). This is accomplished through a mix of dredging, beach renourishment, beach restoration, access improvement, beach profile monitoring, mitigation, and replacement projects.
The Coastal Division works to ensure funding for shore protection programs, maintaining Federal partnerships with the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The division identifies new sand resources, and is involved in the Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (BUD) and Regional Sediment Management (RSM).
The Public Works Operations Group has several bureaus that are devoted to our coasts and waterways. These bureaus utilize in-house staff and contracted staff to perform water quality lake dredging, dredging of the Rudee Inlet, day-to-day beach maintenance and management, and special event support.