–CLICK FOR THE 2026 GATE COMBINATIONS AND PASS DISTRIBUTION INFO

2026 BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULE

The MBA Board generally meets monthly, although we do not have a set location. Over the summer we hope to use the Bethany Fenwick Chamber of Commerce; meetings are also available online via ZOOM. 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.

2026-27 TRASH SCHEDULE

Click HERE for a copy of the 2026-27 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.

SPRING BULK PICKUP INFORMATION

The Annual Bulk Yard Waste Pickup will start on Monday, May 18 (one week later than previously announced). You MAY however put out properly bundled or bagged brush and other lawn debris for regular pickup by Republic on May 13. Please see this page for detailed information on the usual May pickups, which do NOT include STUMPS OR BRANCHES LARGER THAN 4″ IN DIAMETER.

ROADS

We are starting a multi-year project to repave the pineside roads; see below for the current schedule of work. Addy Road will be completely repaved, as will E. Evergreen Rd and a portion of Beach Plum Rd. Speed humps will be reworked on Addy and Short Roads. Additionally, Short and Bayberry Roads will be seal coated, and parking striping will be repainted throughout the community. CLICK HERE for more information on speed control.

Beachside 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.

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.

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 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

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

• Bethany Beach BeachCam
• Sea Colony BeachCam
• DelDOT TrafficCams

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.