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Westmoreland County board approves bulkhead replacement at 1335 Harborview Circle with engineering drawing requirement
Summary
The Westmoreland County Wetlands Board approved a three‑year permit allowing an in‑place replacement of a failing timber bulkhead at 1335 Harborview Circle, following a VIMS site assessment recommending replacement in the existing footprint; the board required a benchmarked, scaled engineering drawing be provided.
The Westmoreland County Wetlands Board approved a three‑year permit Tuesday for a replacement timber bulkhead at 1335 Harborview Circle, concluding that replacing the failing structure in its existing footprint is the least‑harmful erosion control option for the site.
Staff read a June 26 letter from Lyle Varnell, associate director for advisory services at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, who concluded that although bulkheads are generally not an environmentally preferred erosion‑control strategy, “due to the unknown…
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