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The sand truck haul to renourish the beach between 2428 Ocean Shore Crescent and 2317 Mariners Mark Way is underway. The contractor, Virginia Carolina Civil, will be excavating about 84,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand from the sand stockpile adjacent to the Lynnhaven Municipal Boat Ramp facility and the Maple Street sand stockpile site. The sand will be hauled via dump truck and placed on the beach. The contractor will access the beach at the Oak Street beach access entrance. Earth-moving equipment will grade the sand to build the beach.
The contractor’s work hours are between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Work hour adjustments may occur if deemed necessary by the City of Virginia Beach Department of Public Works. Expect to see an increase in dump truck traffic along Oak Street. Sections of the beach will be closed for the public’s safety and to allow the contractor to complete the beach renourishment work. The contractor will have safety personnel on-site for public safety. The project is to be completed by June 14, 2026, (weather or other logistical reasons permitting).
Should you have questions or concerns, please contact Ryan Firenze, E.I.T., with the Department of Public Works/Coastal Division at 757-385-8985 or RFirenze@vbgov.com.
Hello Cape Story Neighbors and Happy Yellow Season, I mean Spring. Please enjoy our quarterly newsletter so wonderfully put together by the amazing editor extraordinaire, Chris Cohoon. Click on the following link or either of the images below to read the entire publication.
Click here to read the Spring 2026 Skipjack – Skipjack
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The above flyer is being distributed door to door in an effort to increase interest in supporting the Civic Association and to look for new leadership for the group. Without a President and Vice President, the Association will cease to function. Without a Civic Association all of the amazing events will stop. The Spring Fling, the 4th of July Parade and Brunch, the Oyster Roast and many others. Please step up to the challenge and help support your neighborhood to make a difference.
Thank you to our amazing newsletter editor Chris Cahoon for another wonderful edition. Please click on the image link below to read our digital newsletter full of information about our wonderful neighborhood.
Thank you to our amazing newsletter editor Chris Cahoon for another wonderful edition. Please click on the image link below to read our digital newsletter full of amazing information about our neighborhood.
National Lighthouse Day commemorates the day in 1789 that Congress approved lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers for a young United States of America.
On Thursday August 7th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., guests can climb the old and new Cape Henry lighthouses in Virginia Beach for National Lighthouse Day.
Please be advised, turnout for this event can be high. There is minimal parking and no off site satlite parking. But you can ride HRT’s Route 35 to Atlantic and 81st/82nd Streets. Bus information can be found here https://weloveshoredrive.com/bayfront-shuttle-route-35/
Anyone 18 yrs and older will need to present a valid REAL ID. More information about this event and how to access the base/lighthouses can be found here https://www.whro.org/arts-culture/2025-08-05/tour-the-historic-cape-henry-lighthouses-on-thursday-lighthouse-day
At the November 2023 Cape Story by the Sea Civic Association meeting, a safety improvement presentation was given by Steven Lambert, VB Parks and Recreation. This presentation was in response to safety concerns being raised at previous meetings. Specific concerns were raised regarding the intersections of the Cape Henry Trail and the long streets of the Cape Story neighborhood (Beech, Oak, Maple, Sandalwood, Bayberry, Wake Forest and Kendall). The main concern being the large volumes of use by residents conflicting with vehicle drivers that don’t slow down or pay attention to the intersection. You can read the meeting minutes here https://capestory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11.13.23-csbts-minutes.pdf
The November 2023 meeting resulted in the following Improvement Idea list shown below. The most important item being how to improve the actual intersections. The attendees supported moving Stop Signs from the Trail users to the street for vehicle users. The back-up option was adding speed tables to the intersections. Speed tables are part of the City’s traffic calming program.
| Improvement Idea |
| Add/Replace signage at intersections – Evaluate current conditions, clean, repair, replace existing signs, add new share the path signs, new entering high conflict area signs at Kendall and Beech |
| Refresh/Repainting of intersection crosswalks- old red color is faded from all intersections except Kendall. Paint all crossing with a vibrant color. |
| Additional painting of bike path in the neighborhood park– High congestion area should have extra visibility. Paint path in park. |
| Evaluate and limit parking near intersections – Evaluate off street parking visibility and signage at intersections. Add signage if needed |
| Remove vegetation to provide safe line of sight at intersections– Evaluate vegetation impact on safe line of sight at each intersection, remove any obstructions |
| Install Stop Signs for vehicles at intersections (Bike Boulevard Idea) – Determine if this is possible and if it has to follow the Traffic Calming Process |
| Install speed tables at all intersections – This is an alternate solution to installing Stop Signs. If Stop Signs cannot happen, then this solution could be pursued through the traffic calming program |
| Reduce speed limit on streets from 25 MPH to 15 MPH – This is now possible but enforcement will be difficult. Determine what process can make this happen. |
| Add speed limit signs to the bike trail – Determine if speed limit signs can be added to trail and if allowed, how can they be enforced |
| Increase bike safety instruction – Evaluate if additional bike safety instruction can be implemented in schools, rec centers and neighborhoods |
After a year of meetings and research by the City’s Parks and Recreation and Traffic Engineering, it was determined by the City Traffic Engineers that placing Stop Signs for vehicles at multi-use trails was not legal. In lieu of pursuing Speed Tables through the Traffic Calming program, which takes a long time and requires 80% of the residents to approve, the City suggested installing Raised Crosswalks.
Raised Crosswalks (3 inch height) are similar to Speed Tables (4 inch height) but their process for approval only requires the four adjacent homeowners to agree versus 80% of the entire street. The Raised Crosswalk designs are shown below.
Compared with Speed Tables and Speed Bumps, the shorter height of a Raised Crosswalk creates less vehicle noise when driven over, no adverse impact to Emergency Vehicles and minimal incline for Trail users. An example of a Raised Crosswalk can be found on Laskin Road between Artic and Pacific at the Oceanfront (see image below).
A video of the Raised Crosswalk on Laskin can be found below, click on the image to watch the video. A sound meter app was also used to record cars traversing this Raised Crosswalk. The video and sound analysis were recorded roughly 60 feet from the Crosswalk. The resultant sound from vehicles traversing the bumps, even the one filmed that was traveling roughly 35 MPH (25 MPH is the neighborhood speed limit), was approximately 75dB.
Cape Story by the Sea Civic Association will be pursuing the City’s recommended installation of these Raised Crosswalks for safety improvements. The topic will be discussed and voted on at an Association meeting. If approved, homeowners adjacent to intersections will be contacted and provided the details mentioned above and asked to support or oppose the project. Intersections with all 4 homeowners approval will be added to future City’s Parks and Recreation budgets for design and installation. The City has recommended starting with the two intersections next to the Cape Story Park (Sandalwood and Bayberry) due to the higher pedestrian traffic in that area.
Any questions or concerns can be sent to the Civic Association President at csbts.president@gmail.com
The Cape Story by the Sea Neighborhood newsletter, The Skipjack March 2025 edition can be found at the link below. A big THANK YOU to our amazing editor Chris Cohoon for the hard work.
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The Cape Story by the Sea Neighborhood newsletter, The Skipjack Summer 2024 edition can be found at the link below. Thank you to our editor Chris Cohoon for the hard work and another fine newsletter.
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