CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL BY COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (§ 33.2-2712)

The district may not construct or improve a transportation improvement without
the approval of both the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the locality in
which the transportation improvement will be located. At the request of the
commission, the Commissioner of Highways may exercise the powers of condemnation
provided in Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1, Article 1 (§
33.2-1000 et seq.) of Chapter 10, or § 33.2-705, for the purpose of acquiring
property for transportation improvements within the district.Upon completion of
such construction or improvement, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall
take any affected public highway into the appropriate state highway system for
purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvements as necessary. Upon
acceptance by the Commonwealth of such highway into a state highway system, all
rights, title, and interest in the rights-of-way and improvements of any
affected highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon completion of construction
or improvement of a mass transit system, all rights, title, and interest in the
rights-of-way and improvements of such mass transit system shall vest in an
agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth designated by the Commonwealth
Transportation Board.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 966, § 33.1-460; 2014, c. 805.