Higher Property Taxes to Boost Dredging Project (USA)

It sounds counterintuitive: A group of homeowners asking the city to raise their property taxes by almost 20 percent. But that’s exactly what boat enthusiasts living on a quiet tributary of the Lynnhaven River want. The special tax would help pay for a $1.4 million city dredging project to create deepwater access for 66 waterfront homes along Old Donation Creek in the river’s western branch. About a foot of water fills the creek at low tide, not enough for most boats.