Federal energy bill includes funding for Hampton Roads

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© July 31, 2009

Continued restoration of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay is among water projects funded in a bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Sen. Jim Webb’s office said.

Among Hampton Roads projects funded in the 2010 energy and water development bill:

- $2 million to continue oyster restoration and build more oyster reefs in the Lynnhaven estuary

- $1 million to continue updating navigation and security on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk

- $78,000 for a study of environmental damage near the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

- $215,000 for a study to evaluate federal interest in protecting the Chowan River Basin in Chesapeake

- $220,000 to help localities along the Chesapeake Bay manage storm water

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