'Uniquely Norfolk': Years-long Ohio Creek Watershed flood mitigation project is officially complete

NORFOLK — After a few years and more than $100 million in federal funding, the city’s Ohio Creek Watershed Project is officially complete. City and state leaders gathered Wednesday in Grandy Village, just north of the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River, to cut the ribbon on the large-scale flooding mitigation project. The Ohio Creek Watershed Project began in 2017, when Norfolk became the ...

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