Dredging Application Funded The Northern Neck Planning District Commission’s application to the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund (VWMF) has been awarded $2.6 million. Its purpose is the emergency maintenance dredging of the navigational channel at the mouth of the Little Wicomico River, in Northumberland County. Starting in 2025, the Virginia Marine…
The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in 2021 that bans the use of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) by food vendors. The legislation also discourages the sale and use of EPS products and the encourages the promotion of alternatives to EPS. The ban is taking effect in two phases: * NOTE: The…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The NNPDC is responsible for updating the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The region includes Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties. The Northern Neck Planning District Commission (NNPDC) was designated an Economic Development District in the year 2000 by the United States Department of Commerce Economic Development…
The Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan recognizes the challenge that flooding poses to coastal Virginia, including to the Northern Neck peninsula’s over one thousand miles of coastline. Part of the plan was the development of the Coastal Resilience Web Explorer, which allows users to see Virginia’s current and future exposure…
