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Council urges federal help after Sandbridge Road outage highlights Sandbridge access vulnerability
Summary
A utility-pole failure that took out power and communications and closed Sandbridge Road for about 20 hours prompted council discussion about the long-delayed NEMO 7B project, environmental permitting, and short-term emergency measures including use of Dam Neck gates.
A major outage that downed utility poles and closed Sandbridge Road prompted the Virginia Beach City Council to press for faster federal action on a long-delayed access project and to ask staff to prepare correspondence to the city’s delegation.
City Manager Doheny described the incident: utility poles owned by Dominion were knocked down, Verizon and other communications infrastructure were affected, and the closure left Sandbridge Road impassable for about 20 hours. Doheny said the city had to open the Dam Neck gates to preserve mobility during the emergency and that police resources were heavily engaged. “Sandbridge Road is the only road…
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