Granby Street Bridge is under rehabilitation to repair vital structural components and extend the useable life of the Granby Street Bridge over the Lafayette River.
August 2 – 5: Llewellyn Avenue will be closed from Granby Street to Connecticut Avenue.
Off-duty police and flaggers may assist with traffic.
Motorists should expect alternating lane closures and intermittent traffic stoppages.
Motorists should expect delays during peak traffic hours.
Alternating lane closures and traffic shifts will remain in place 24/7.
The bike lane remains closed until end of the project.
Construction completion is anticipated in late 2022.
The City of Norfolk is making improvements to the Northbound Hampton Boulevard Bridge. This rehabilitation project will repair major structural components and protect the bridge from deterioration. Construction is set to begin Monday, July 11. See PDF file for details.
Parents! Children 6 months and older are now eligible to receive the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Stop by the Military Circle Mall (MCM) clinic at 880 N. Military Highway. NO APPOINTMENT REQUIRED. The walk-in only clinic is open on Tuesdays 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. All vaccinations are FREE.
COVID-19 vaccinations (6 months to 5 years old) are also offered at the Norfolk Health Department on Thursdays and Fridays. Call 757-683-2735 to schedule an appointment.
Thank you to all of our neighbors who came out for our recent ice cream social at the North Shore Playground. We hope to have more events like this in the future, so keep your eyes peeled and ears tuned for more details!
For our June 20th meeting, we are planning to forgo the actual meeting and invite all of our neighbors in Wards Corner to an informal ice cream social at the North Shore Playground honoring first responders. The event will start at our normal meeting time, 6:30pm. We should have plenty of daylight to work with that evening.
Parks & Recreation and Norfolk Public Library recently hosted virtual and in-person public input meetings for an enhanced Norfolk Fitness & Wellness Center with a library component. Check out the findings! The March 24 in-person public meeting can be viewed here.
The Norfolk Public Library’s mission is to provide equal opportunity access to information, high quality book and multimedia materials, programs, exhibits, and on-line resources to meet the needs of our diverse community for life-long learning, cultural enrichment, and intellectual stimulation. To fulfill its mission, the Library employs a knowledgeable, well-trained staff committed to excellent service and civility. The Strategic Directions are a list of ways that the Library seeks to fulfill its mission.
Spring is here and after the winter weather we’ve had, potholes become more frequent. Potholes get reported to the Department of Public Works Streets & Bridges. Crews are dispatched to inspect potholes in the order they’re received. Crews will temporarily patch the pothole to make it safe and complete the permanent repair within the next couple of days, weather permitting.
If you see a pothole, report it through the MyNorfolk app or online portal. Be sure to include a description of the pothole and the nearest street location to help Public Works Streets & Bridges crews make the repair as soon as possible.
The city also keeps track of how many potholes are repaired. You can check it out in the Work Order (Streets & Bridges) dataset in the Open Data Portal.
Starting April 9, calls must include the area code plus the seven digit telephone number for all local calls. To ensure a continuing supply of telephone numbers, the State Corporation Commission approved the addition of a new area code, 948, to the geographic region served by the 757 area code. Telephone service providers will issue new numbers with the 948 area code in our service area. Calls to this area code will not incur a long distance charge.
Wards Corner Civic League 