Road Closures & Impacts

South Plaza Trail from Rosemont Road to Presidential Boulevard

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• Roadway closed to through traffic
• Work: Continuing storm drainage and utility improvements
• Expected Completion: September 2025
• Contact: Christina Tumminelli, Trident Civil Inc., 757-393-5904, ctumminelli@tridentcivil.com; Robert Sherman, Public Works, 757-385-4131, rasherman@vbgov.com

Every effort will be made to keep any inconveniences to a minimum during this time. Access to homes and businesses located on the closed section of this street will be maintained. Emergency services, postal deliveries and waste collection will continue without delays or interruptions throughout this project.

South Birdneck Road near Bells Road Intersection

• Work Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday-Saturday
• Work: Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind construction
• Expected Completion: May 2025
• Contact: Dominion Energy, info@coastalvawind.com, 1-844-319-2065

Lane closures and daytime traffic delays are expected on South Birdneck Road near Bells Road. At least one lane of South Birdneck Road will be open in both directions. Please follow posted signs, flagger instructions and speed limits. Sidewalks for pedestrians and cyclists will remain available.

South Independence Boulevard near Columbus Street

• Work Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday
• Work: HRSD to rehabilitate and replace a sanitary sewer pipeline across South Independence Boulevard
• Contact: Lisa Bolen, HRSD, LBolen@HRSD.com, 757-460-7000

Beginning as early as Dec. 30, HRSD will work to rehabilitate and replace a sanitary sewer pipeline across South Independence Boulevard near Columbus Street. Be aware, traffic patterns will shift and will include partial lane closures. Access to homes and businesses will be maintained. This portion of the work is anticipated to be completed in four to six months.

Winston Salem Avenue between Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue closed to through traffic

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• Roadway closed to through traffic
• Work: Improved pedestrian access and connectivity between Mediterranean Avenue, the Rudee Loop Walkway and Pacific Avenue
• Expected Completion: March 2025 for this phase
• Contact: Please contact WinstonSalem@vbgov.com with questions or sign up for email updates at VirginiaBeach.gov/WinstonSalem.

Through traffic on Winston Salem Avenue is detoured to Mediterranean Avenue via Norfolk Avenue. An additional work zone is setup on the section of Mediterranean Avenue south of Winston Salem. Mediterranean Avenue remains open and the parking spaces along Mediterranean are being used to maintain traffic flow. During the day, workers will direct drivers around the work zone.

Access to homes and businesses located on the closed section of these streets will be maintained. Information about the improvements being made and the detours in place can be found at VirginiaBeach.gov/WinstonSalem.

Resort Area Road Impacts

Before each of the Oceanfront events with an anticipated attendance of more than 10,000 per day (subject to change), “know before you go” information for that event, including road closures, are added to VirginiaBeach.gov/EventInfo.

Don’t Sit on Colon Cancer 5K

During the morning of Saturday, March 22, 2025, there will be temporary road closures to accommodate the Don’t Sit on Colon Cancer 5K race. Beginning at 8:30 a.m., there will be no access to: Medical Parkway & Glenn Mitchell Dr., Medical Parkway at Dam Neck Rd., Medical Parkway at Concert Dr., and Glenn Mitchell Dr. within the Sentara Hospital Complex Assembly Area. All roads are expected to reopen at 11:30 a.m. In addition to the road closures, Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) bus routes will have alternate drop-off locations for access to the hospital complex during the race.

April 5, 2025: Several Baylake Pines Neighborhood roads will have temporary stoppages in the morning for runners in Maylea’s Purple Turtle 5K

From 8 - 11 a.m. on April 5, 2025, participants for Maylea’s Purple Turtle 5K will make their way along the event route, impacting several streets within the Baylake Pines Neighborhood with temporary, intermittent road stoppages. Course marshals will be positioned at intersections along the course to hold vehicular traffic when runners are approaching the intersections. Vehicular traffic will only be stopped while runners pass. Once runners clear the intersection, the marshals will allow crossing traffic. The road stoppages include: Blackbeard Road, Ben Gunn Road, Indian Hill Road, Battery Road, Sandy Bay Drive, Bayville Road, Rampart Avenue, Baylake Road, and Bounty Road. VB Police Department officers also will be on site near access points along Shore Drive to ensure the safety of runners along the course.

All roads are estimated to reopen by 11 a.m.