City leaders announced this week that they met with Avangrid officials to inform them there is not support for the Sandbridge landing, given the amount of community pushback. Members of the Sandbridge Civic League have vehemently opposed the project, citing concerns about potential safety and health hazards. A group of citizens opposing the landfall formed Protect Sandbridge Beach Coalition to their voice concerns.
Avangrid Renewables plans to build the Kitty Hawk Wind Offshore Wind Project in federal waters 27 miles off the coast of North Carolina. The company wanted to bring transmission cables ashore in Sandbridge, a residential and tourist beach community about 15 miles south of Virginia Beach's resort area.
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Slowing down in Sandbridge: Many residents concerned about speeding
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SANDBRIDGE, Va. - When you turn onto Sandpiper Road, the main drag in the resort community of Sandbridge, the signs that pepper the yards are hard to miss. A group of residents banded together and put out a lot of, Drive Like your Kids Live Here signs to help remind people to slow down, said resident Mathew Lemn.
Sandpiper Road is 3.5 miles long and ends near Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The road is classified by the City of Virginia Beach as a collector road because we have Little Island Park and the Refuge, and there is a lot of vehicles on the road, so the speed limit is 35, said Lemn, who is on the Sandbridge Civic League.