Lake Bradford and Chubb Lake are in the northwest part of Virginia Beach, adjacent to Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek and Chesapeake Beach.

The stormwater drainage systems for Bradford Acres, Chesapeake Beach, Church Point, Hermitage Elementary, Lake Shores, North Beach, Pleasure House Road, part of Thoroughgood, and portions of Northampton Boulevard and Shore Drive drain to these lakes. Lake Bradford and Chubb Lake drain through a canal to Little Creek Harbor west of JEB Little Creek. Located along this canal is a "weir gate" which can be used to affect the water level in Lake Bradford and Chubb Lake.

The City of Virginia Beach coordinates with JEB Little Creek regarding the maintenance and operation of this gate and the canal. Lake Bradford and Chubb Lake were identified as part of Targeted Area 4 in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) developed between Norfolk, Virginia Beach, the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC), and several U.S. Navy installations, including Joint Expedition Base (JEB) Little Creek.

Associated Projects

The four projects associated with the Lake Bradford / Chubb Lake Master Project will alleviate the widespread flooding due to moderate rain events and significant high tides from the Chesapeake Bay:

Pump Station & Outfall

Storm drainpipe improvements, additional stormwater culverts under highways, tide control devices such as mechanized sluice gates, stormwater pond improvements, channel/ditch clearing, detention and retention ponds, and possible stormwater pump stations.

Pump Station Project Details

Church Point/Thoroughgood BMP and Drainage Improvements

Improvements to include, but are not limited to, property acquisitions, stormwater pump stations, construction of detention/retention ponds, barriers and gates, storm drainpipe and structure improvements, culvert improvements, channel improvements, channel/ditch clearing, and roadway improvements.

Project Overview

Lake Pleasure House Outfall

Installation of storm drainpipes from Lake Pleasure House to the existing stormwater pump station to allow the water levels within the lake to be better maintained.

Lake Pleasure House Project Details

Lake Bradford Ditch Dredging

Improving the flow characteristics of the two fingers of Lake Bradford by dredging to restore the ditches to their original drainage capacity.

Lake Bradford Project Details
Map of Lake Bradford and Chubb Lake Project Area

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