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Localities may make, improve and repair sidewalks upon all public rights-of-way and may convert sidewalks to bicycle paths. A locality’s power and authority over its public rights-of-way and other public places shall be the same, regardless of whether the public right-of-way or place has been expressly or impliedly dedicated to public use, has been conveyed to the locality by deed, or has been acquired by any other means.\n\t\tFurthermore, any locality may establish highway user fees for highways that are not part of any system of state highways when such highway’s traffic-carrying capacity is increased by construction or improvement.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312918,"text":"Every locality may lay out, open, extend, widen, narrow, establish or change the grade of, close, construct, pave, curb, gutter, plant and maintain shade trees on, improve, maintain, repair, clean and light: streets, limited access highways, express highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses. Localities may make, improve and repair sidewalks upon all public rights-of-way and may convert sidewalks to bicycle paths. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 328; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1974, chapter 407; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 924<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87393,"identifier":"15.2-2001","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/1\/15.2-2001","url":"\/15.2-2001\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2001\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/1\/15.2-2001","dublin_core":{"Title":"Streets, sidewalks and public rights-of-way generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2001","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every locality<\/span> may lay out, open, extend, widen, narrow, establish or change the grade of, close, construct, pave, curb, gutter, plant and maintain shade trees on, improve, maintain, repair, clean and light: streets, limited access highways, express highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses. Localities may make, improve and repair sidewalks upon all public rights-of-way and may convert sidewalks to bicycle paths. A locality<\/span>’s power and authority over its public rights-of-way and other public places shall be the same, regardless of whether the public right-of-way or place has been expressly or impliedly dedicated to public use, has been conveyed to the locality<\/span> by deed, or has been acquired by any other means.\n\t\tFurthermore, any locality<\/span> may establish highway user fees for highways that are not part of any system of state highways when such highway’s traffic-carrying capacity is increased by construction or improvement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY GENERALLY (\u00a7 15.2-2001)\n\nEvery locality may lay out, open, extend, widen, narrow, establish or change the\ngrade of, close, construct, pave, curb, gutter, plant and maintain shade trees\non, improve, maintain, repair, clean and light: streets, limited access\nhighways, express highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and\nunderpasses. Localities may make, improve and repair sidewalks upon all public\nrights-of-way and may convert sidewalks to bicycle paths. A locality’s\npower and authority over its public rights-of-way and other public places shall\nbe the same, regardless of whether the public right-of-way or place has been\nexpressly or impliedly dedicated to public use, has been conveyed to the\nlocality by deed, or has been acquired by any other means.\n\t\tFurthermore, any locality may establish highway user fees for highways that\nare not part of any system of state highways when such highway’s\ntraffic-carrying capacity is increased by construction or improvement.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-77.53; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-889; 1974,\nc. 407; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 924.","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}}