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Virginia Beach engineer outlines flood risks and planned tide gates across city
Summary
City Engineer Tony Utterbach described rainfall, tidal, storm-surge, wind-driven and riverine flooding affecting Virginia Beach and outlined measures — drainage upgrades, tide gates and pump stations, vegetation management — underway or planned to reduce flood risk.
Tony Utterbach, city engineer for the City of Virginia Beach, outlined the main types of flooding that threaten the city and described engineering steps the city is taking to reduce risk.
Utterbach said rainfall flooding occurs when more rain falls than the drainage system can handle, and that older neighborhoods with undersized drainage, small roadside ditches or heavy leaf fall are especially vulnerable. He noted recent drainage work on South Plaza Trail and Redline Road in the Windsor Woods area and said public works crews work year-round to keep the drainage network clear while planning longer-term maintenance.
He described tidal flooding at the oceanfront, Sandbridge, bay…
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