2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
The next Board Meeting will be a special one at 7PM on February 12 primarily to consider proposed changes to the Building Rules and Regulations. It will be held only via ZOOM. The regular February 28, March 21 and April 18 meetings will be held at the Bethany West Community Center. This year’s May 2 and September 5 Community Meetings will be held at the Ocean View Presbyterian Church, 67 Central Ave, Ocean View. Click HERE for Agendas, Zoom links and other information.
BEACH SIDE PARKING
Bicycles, full sized vehicles, and everything in between (golf carts and LSV’s)
There are more and more golf carts and LSV’s (Low Speed Vehicles) being operated to get members, their families and their guests to and from the beach. On the other hand, parallel parking spaces along Dune Rd are all marked for use by, and sized for, SUV-sized vehicles. CLICK HERE for more information on this topic.
ROADS
Middlesex Beach Association owns and is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the asphalt roads in the community. In very few cases are these roads in the exact middle of MBA property. The locations of the various utility poles are usually good guides for the border of MBA property; the poles are generally 18″ back on Member property.
In most cases, the existing asphalt dates to the mid-late 1990’s. We are starting a multi-year project to repave the pineside roads. The existing speed bumps and humps on these roads were placed rather haphazardly over the years. As we start this work, we have been evaluating the existing size, shape, locations and spacing of the various speed control devices. CLICK HERE for more information on this topic.
2025-26 OFFSEASON COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECTS
Click HERE for a discussion of likely and possible offseason projects, ranging from roadwork to drainage work to fencing and landscaping projects.
2025-26 TRASH SCHEDULE
Click HERE for a copy of the 2025 Trash and Recycling pickup schedule. The pickup schedules remains the same as last year. This schedule includes Yard Waste pickup every other Wednesday through October. Yard Waste for this pickup must be properly prepared: either put such waste in paper bags or tied with cotton string into bundles no more than 4’ long.
Updates on Drainage
- Current Middlesex Beach Drainage Schematic
- Sussex Conservation Stormwater information | Homeowner’s guide to Stormwater management | Past SCD presentations
Internal Drainage (updated 1/14/26): In the spring of 2024, MBA contracted with Harry Caswell Plumbing to blow/vacuum debris out of every single driveway culvert and other underground piping in the community. In December 2025, the CFC checked all the driveway culverts, and noted a few along Errett and Short that are located below the level of the swale and thus collect debris. In early 2026, we plan to have the long pipe stretches cleaned again, and will clean these driveway culverts at that time.
While the Caswell original work cleared debris from many portions of the drainage system, it also revealed some rusting steel culverts. While some are scattered throughout the community, most of these are along Evergreen Road. The issues with various retaining walls on the sides of various driveways make this project more complex than any other street. (Click HERE for further information, which admittedly is rather bare-bones at this time. As plans develop further, we will share the details with the affected properties.) For that reason this street will be the subject of drainage work in the Spring of 2026.
There are two culverts along Errett Rd that are collapsing/hopelessly clogged that will be replaced before the end of June 2026.
External Drainage (updated 1/14/26): Based on a phone call today with DNREC, we are heartened to hear that they are working on a plan to replace the rusting and collapsing pipe at the west end of Bridge Rd. We had seen previous ambitious plans involving a stretch of Kent Ave from the Assawoman Canal up almost to the Sea Colony traffic light, but were advised in late 2025 that much of it was not economically justifiable given the numerous utility obstructions and elevation issues. However, we did suggest that they try to address the above-mentioned pipe. This is good news for several reasons:1) the pipe runs under both MBA and Tennis Club property (joint construction projects are always fun), 2) the pipe runs over and under an incredible number of Verizon and other communication lines (no way is MBA going to undertake something that complex), 3) this is the one most critical piece of our drainage infrastructure, and it is failing at this time. While the plan (we haven’t seen it yet, but it was described to us) involves the swale in front of the Tennis Club, our contact wasn’t sure how far that might extend. However bonus reason 4) is “easements for the project would be required for FAR FEWER entities”. We hope to see this plan by the end of the month.
–BEACH RENOURISHMENT PERMIT INFORMATION
-FIVE LIGHTING PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR LIGHTING
–CLICK FOR THE GATE COMBINATIONS AND PASS DISTRIBUTION INFO
TIDE, MOON AND SUN CHART
- Indian River Inlet Tide Chart
- Jefferson Creek Tide Data
- Loop Canal Tide Data
- Moon Data / Sun Data
- Indian River Tide Chart
- CoastTV Weather Forecast
WEBCAMS
Links of interest
- Bethany Beach firefly proposed to be added to the Endangered Species Act list
- DNREC’s Economic Analysis for Shoreline Management
- DE Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) official talks flood zones, funding (Coastal Point article)
- Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility (Back Bay) Study Put On Hold
For further information regarding MBA meetings or events, please contact the Board of Directors.