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The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov.
18, 2024. A rendering shows one option for a Norfolk floodwall system which includes a combination of a levee and wall. Residents of Norfolk's West Freemason neighborhood packed a meeting Wednesday, with many speaking in opposition to the floodwall.
(Rendering courtesy Norfolk Office of Resilience) The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov.
18, 2024. The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. The Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Norfolk presented new design renderings for a proposed floodwall project to Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board on Monday, Nov.
18, 2024. The first phase of Norfolk’s $2.6 billion floodwall and flooding mitigation project has new renderings showing how the project would transform the downtown waterfront.
The city and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented the new design diagrams this week as part of a presentation to the Norfolk Architectural Review Board.
The renderings show how the wall would tower 16.5 feet above the Elizabeth River, near locations such as Harbor Park, the Elizabeth River Trail and the future Norfolk casino property. The first section of the first building phase, 1A, runs from Berkley Bridge to Campostella Bridge .
The overall endeavor, called Coastal Storm Risk Management Project , is a city partnership with the Army Corps and includes not only a floodwall but a series of levees, tide gates, pump stations and other mitigation efforts across the city. The federal government plans to fund 65% of the project, leaving the city and state to fund the remaining $931 million. Though the wall itself is not designed to combat nuisance flooding caused by high tide or regular storms, new pump stations at phase 1A would help would help address the problem around Harbor Park, said Doug Beaver, deputy city manager, during a Monday Norfolk City Council retreat.
Beaver said the pumps would redirect storm water and could be turned on during rainstorms when necessary. The project drew criticism from community leaders in neighborhoods such as Berkley, Campostella and Campostella Heights, which were left out of initial floodwall plans. Afterward, the City Council asked the Army Corps to study whether the locations could be included.
However, the Corps did not receive funding for that study, at least for 2024, according to WHRO reporting. Property owners and other residents in the historic, wealthy West Freemason district also have voiced opposition to the floodwall , saying it would block waterfront views and decrease property values. The design team plans to revise floodwall designs after input from the Architectural Review Board and submit then for approval at a later date, said Megan Shearin, a project spokesperson with the city’s Office of Resilience.
Project leaders will hold monthly open houses on the project and city flood mitigation strategies and also ramp up other community meetings going forward, Beaver said at the retreat. The 1A design also needs to go through the Army Corps’ approval process, he said. Trevor Metcalfe, 757-222-5345, trevor.
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