The Norfolk District has not received funding to initiate the General Reevaluation Report (GRR)/Post Authorization Change Report (PACR) for the Southside and Willoughby recommended CSRM measures in the FY25 Work Plan.

The District has expressed capability (requested funding) for the GRR/PACR in the FY26 President's Budget and will continue to express capability in the FY26 Work Plan and FY27 President's Budget. We’re working with our partners, the City of Norfolk, for additional opportunities to get the study funded.

The FY25 Work Plan can be found here.

The proposed Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management (NCSRM) project General Reevaluation Report (GRR) is a Post Authorization Change Report (PACR) is in response to a City of Norfolk request, including a request from the Campostella and Berkley neighborhoods.

The Norfolk CSRM GRR, once funded, will include the Norfolk Southside and Willoughby Spit communities, and will further refine comprehensive benefits on a neighborhood level, combined with a cost and benefits analysis that defines the Total Public Benefit. The goal is to maximize net public benefits including economic, environmental, and comprehensive benefits and consider monetized and qualitative benefits.

This process will evaluate the potential for structural flood measures (levees, floodwalls, etc.). Therefore, nonstructural measures included in the authorized project will not be pursued for the Southside area while the study is being conducted. Other elements of the project will maintain the current schedule.

Norfolk CSRM GRR Focus:

• Review and consideration of comprehensive benefits for Norfolk areas within the project study scope
• Economic re-validation of nonstructural measures based on USACE guidance
• Campostella-Berkley reformulation
• Willoughby Spit formulation (beach side) to include consideration of flooding from Willoughby Bay

Additional Norfolk CSRM PACR Information: