Old infrastructure has caused the channel to regularly clog with sand and need to be dredged. Some of the improvements to the north jetty include additional smaller rocks, filter fabric along the edges and some larger boulders to block more sand particles.īoat owner and Salt Ponds resident Tim Leighton talks about the necessity to keep the channel clear for boats to enter and exit to and from the Chesapeake Bay. The proposed $2 million will fund these projects in the fiscal year that begins July 1, with the balance of $700,000 coming from previously appropriated funds, Lewis said.Īdditionally, the city has sought the assistance of a consultant - AECOM and Waterway Surveys & Engineering, based in Virginia Beach - and researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to create the designs ahead of the necessary permits, Lewis said. For this round of improvements, the estimated cost is $2.7 million. In the city’s current five-year capital improvement plan, $3.07 million has been proposed for the Salt Pond Inlet improvement projects. The north jetty, built in 1979, also needs some reinforcements to its structure.īrian Lewis, the city’s water resources engineer, recently updated the Hampton City Council on the progress since it voted to shift allocated funding in its capital improvement plan up a few years, so repairs and dredging could be done sooner. The next round of improvements calls for replacing and designing a new 100-foot south jetty, to mirror the north jetty.
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