Items Tagged with 'Chesapeake Bay'

Officials approve recommended preferred design for replacement span, but the estimated $14.8B to $16B project is likely years away from construction.

Officials will meet next month to approve changes in existing plan to reduce pollution in the largest US estuary, with a 64,000-sq-mile watershed in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC.

Estimated $177-million DB project request for proposals for enhanced pier protection system is set to be issued this winter, with environmental OK in fall 2026 and construction start as early as summer 2032.

Maryland has received federal approval to conduct an environmental study to help find a location for a new Chesapeake Bay crossing.

Big boulders are causing big headaches for Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel expansion project, adding to other issues that have pushed the $756 million effort two years behind its original 2022 completion target.