Project Description

The Phoebus Waterfront Park Living Shoreline Restoration project is underway! During the next 3 weeks, volunteers in the greater Phoebus neighborhood will partner with the amazing City of Hampton Public Works to restore the current waterfront with a functioning, living shoreline that will fully protect the area against erosion for years to come and provide a resilient habitat for native plants and animals. If you visit the park, use caution and be aware it is an active construction site. Water access has been changed. We will be:

• Removing old foundation/debris from the shoreline
• Adding several tons of sand for live plants to take root (most likely the week of September 12-16)
• Adding rip rap to the existing sill to bring it back up to grade
• Planting 1000 plugs of salt-marsh cordgrass in late September, leaving a path for future kayakers to access the break in the sill
• Installing coir logs to mitigate stormwater runoff and goose netting to protect young plants

Project Description

This 60-acre park is open sunrise to sunset daily and offers a public beach fronting the James River. Lifeguards are on duty and a beach food concession is open during the summer months. The public boat ramp is open all year and accommodates boats with trailers up to 30-feet in length. The Rose Garden features forty-five varieties and the tennis center has twenty lighted outdoor hard courts. Fort Fun, a 13,000-square foot playground, overlooks the James River. Fishing for brook, brown and rainbow trout at Lake Biggins from November to March each year. Fishing licenses for Virginia residents and non-residents (including international visitors) are available at many area sporting goods stores. Also located in Huntington Park is the Virginia War Museum which showcases America’s military history from the Revolutionary War to the present day.