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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 323<\/a> and 672<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63536,"section_number":"29.1-578","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-578\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61451,"identifier":"10.1-1188.1","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/2\/10.1-1188.1","url":"\/10.1-1188.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1188.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/2\/10.1-1188.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of Transportation to consider wildlife corridors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1188.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Transportation (VDOT) shall, as part of the environmental review it conducts for a road or highway construction project, include in an environmental impact statement a list of any existing terrestrial or aquatic wildlife corridor identified in the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan) created pursuant to Article 8 (\u00a7 29.1-578<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 29.1 that will be affected by such construction project. In the design options for any road or highway construction project that threatens wildlife connectivity in a corridor identified in the Plan, VDOT shall consider measures for the mitigation of harm caused by such road to terrestrial and aquatic wildlife.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSIDER WILDLIFE CORRIDORS (\u00a7 10.1-1188.1)\n\nThe Department of Transportation (VDOT) shall, as part of the environmental\nreview it conducts for a road or highway construction project, include in an\nenvironmental impact statement a list of any existing terrestrial or aquatic\nwildlife corridor identified in the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan (the Plan)\ncreated pursuant to Article 8 (\u00a7 29.1-578 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 29.1\nthat will be affected by such construction project. In the design options for\nany road or highway construction project that threatens wildlife connectivity in\na corridor identified in the Plan, VDOT shall consider measures for the\nmitigation of harm caused by such road to terrestrial and aquatic wildlife.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 323, 672.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}