Regional waterways committee asks board for operating funds, flags $2M dredging need

Kellen Singleton, identified as a project manager and coastal planner for the committee, told the supervisors that navigable waterways are infrastructure supporting seafood, aquaculture, public access and first responders, and that reactive, one‑off dredging is inefficient. "The Eastern Shore Regional Navigator Waterways Committee exists because navigable waterways are infrastructure," Singleton said, outlining prior projects (Kings Creek dredging with approx. 22,280 cubic yards of beneficial use) and the committee's role in convening stakeholders and tracking priorities.