General

On March 17, 2017, the Rehoboth Beach Commissioners adopted an Ordinance to Amend Chapter 95, Beaches, relating to restrictions on fires, cooking devices, umbrellas, baby tents, and other fixtures on the beach. The new law defines an acceptable beach umbrella as having “…a circular shade no greater...

On March 17, 2017, the Rehoboth Beach Commissioners adopted an ordinance to amend Chapter 227 of the Solid Waste Municipal Code, relating to the discontinuation of commercial trash and refuse collection. The city has been operating at a loss on commercial trash pickup. Delaware's Univeral Recycling...

The Boardwalk will be closed from Virginia Avenue to Olive Avenue all day on Thursday, March 16. The Beachfill Nourishment Project contractor requires beach access for the skid loader to drill holes for the sand fence posts. Barricades will be placed in this area and on-site security will be present...

As part of the Beachfill Nourishment Project, crews are planting dune grass and placing 8,000 linear feet of sand fencing in Rehoboth Beach. The dune crossover work has been completed that included pedestrian, vehicular and ADA access. The dune grass planting and fence installation is expected to be...

The final phase of the $11.2 million Beachfill Nourishment Project for Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, the extension of two stormwater outfall pipes at Virginia and Maryland Avenues, began March 6. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has been hired for the outfall repair work and is starting equipment...

On Monday, March 13, weather permitting, the road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to thru traffic from Bayard Avenue to King Charles Avenue on the second block of Hickman Street. During this time the water service will be turned off and on for replacement of a water main. Street access is...

The City has received the Rehoboth Beach Ocean Outfall Contractor Prequalification Results. To view the results please visit

The sidewalk area in front of new City Hall on the north side of Rehoboth Avenue will be temporarily closed for project construction. The sidewalk will be closed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from March 13 through the end of April. If the contractor is doing overhead work on a...

Equipment mobilized March 6 and work is underway today to remove trees that uprooted a stormwater manhole site at the corner of 6th Street and Canal Street. This work will correct the issues with the storm drain system and damage to the canal bank along Canal Street. The intersection of 6th Street...

On March 6, 2017, the Rehoboth Beach Commissioners unanimously awarded bids for Phase 1 improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). These improvements are urgently needed due to a biologicial upset at the WWTP exacerbated by mechanical malfunction of equipment at the plant in July 2016...