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Oversight board: Virginia Beach flood protection program cost estimates rise as designs and environmental work advance
Summary
The Flood Prevention Bond Referendum Oversight Board told council quarterly that refined engineering, environmental coordination and construction cost escalation have pushed program estimates higher; officials said bond funds will be spent as required but some projects may extend beyond the 10‑year window.
Jeffrey Waller, chairman of the Flood Prevention Bond Referendum Oversight Board, and Jacobs Engineering presenters told the Virginia Beach City Council in a quarterly briefing that the city’s flood protection program has grown in estimated cost as conceptual referendum figures were refined by engineering and field work.
"Flood Prevention Bond Referendum included 7 master projects with 21 projects," Waller said in opening remarks, and he noted the board’s quarterly reporting role. Jacobs' presenter (identified in the transcript as Leisha) summarized milestone movement across several packages, including ChurchPoint drainage, Poinsettia pump station and design‑build bundles approaching 60% design and preparing guaranteed maximum price submissions.
The presentation said the program estimate had risen from figures presented at the time of the…
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