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At the request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may exercise its powers of condemnation pursuant to Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) or 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1 or \u00a7 33.2-705 for the purpose of acquiring property for transportation facilities within the district. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a public highway, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall take such public highway into the primary or secondary system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvement as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the highway into the state highway system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a mass transit system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such mass transit system shall vest in the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission or other agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226984,"text":"The district may not construct or improve a public highway or public mass transit system without the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the county. At the request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may exercise its powers of condemnation pursuant to Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) or 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1 or \u00a7 33.2-705 for the purpose of acquiring property for transportation facilities within the district. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a public highway, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall take such public highway into the primary or secondary system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvement as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the highway into the state highway system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/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":62316,"section_number":"25.1-200","catch_line":"Chapter controls condemnation proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-200\/"},{"id":83870,"section_number":"25.1-300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-300\/"},{"id":64641,"section_number":"33.2-705","catch_line":"Continuance of powers of county authorities; alternative procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-705\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62246,"identifier":"15.2-4811","token":"15.2\/IV\/48\/1\/15.2-4811","url":"\/15.2-4811\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4811\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/48\/1\/15.2-4811","dublin_core":{"Title":"Approval by Commonwealth Transportation Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4811","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The district<\/span> may not construct or improve a public highway or public mass transit system without the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the county<\/span>. At the request of the commission<\/span>, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may exercise its powers of condemnation pursuant to Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200<\/a> et seq.) or 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300<\/a> et seq.) of Title 25.1 or \u00a7 33.2-705<\/a> for the purpose of acquiring property for transportation facilities<\/span> within the district<\/span>. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a public highway, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall take such public highway into the primary or secondary system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvement as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the highway into the state highway system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a mass transit system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such mass transit system shall vest in the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission<\/span> or other agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPROVAL BY COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (\u00a7 15.2-4811)\n\nThe district may not construct or improve a public highway or public mass\ntransit system without the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and\nthe county. At the request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation\nBoard may exercise its powers of condemnation pursuant to Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200\net seq.) or 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1 or \u00a7 33.2-705 for the purpose\nof acquiring property for transportation facilities within the district. Upon\ncompletion of such construction or improvement of a public highway, the\nCommonwealth Transportation Board shall take such public highway into the\nprimary or secondary system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and\nsubsequent improvement as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the\nhighway into the state highway system, all rights, title, and interest in the\nright-of-way and improvements of such highway shall vest in the Commonwealth.\nUpon completion of such construction or improvement of a mass transit system,\nall rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such\nmass transit system shall vest in the Northern Virginia Transportation\nCommission or other agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}