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In consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Superintendent of State Police, the Commissioner of Highways shall establish criteria for the designation and evaluation of highway safety corridors, including a review of crash data, accident reports, type and volume of vehicle traffic, and engineering and traffic studies. The Commissioner of Highways shall hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of the criteria to be used for designating a highway safety corridor. The Commissioner of Highways shall hold a minimum of one public hearing before designating any specific highway corridor as a highway safety corridor. The public hearing or hearings for a specific corridor shall be held at least 30 days prior to the designation at a location as close to the proposed corridor as practical.\n\t\tThe Department of Transportation shall erect signs that designate highway safety corridors and the penalties for violations committed within the designated corridors.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":263397,"text":"The Commissioner of Highways shall establish a highway safety corridor program under which a portion of highways in the primary state highway system and Interstate System may be designated by the Commissioner of Highways as highway safety corridors to address highway safety problems through law enforcement, education, and safety enhancements. In consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Superintendent of State Police, the Commissioner of Highways shall establish criteria for the designation and evaluation of highway safety corridors, including a review of crash data, accident reports, type and volume of vehicle traffic, and engineering and traffic studies. The Commissioner of Highways shall hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of the criteria to be used for designating a highway safety corridor. The Commissioner of Highways shall hold a minimum of one public hearing before designating any specific highway corridor as a highway safety corridor. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0877\">877<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84899,"section_number":"46.2-808.2","catch_line":"Violations committed within highway safety corridor; report on benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-808.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73157,"identifier":"33.2-253","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-253","url":"\/33.2-253\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-253\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-253","dublin_core":{"Title":"Highway safety corridor program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-253","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall establish a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridor program under which a portion of highways in the primary state <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> system and <span class=\"dictionary\">Interstate System<\/span> may be designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> as <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridors to address <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety problems through <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> enforcement, education, and safety enhancements. In consultation with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles and the Superintendent of State Police, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall establish criteria for the designation and evaluation of <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridors, including a review of crash data, accident reports, type and volume of vehicle traffic, and engineering and traffic studies. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall hold a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> prior to the adoption of the criteria to be used for designating a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridor. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall hold a minimum of one public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> before designating any specific <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> corridor as a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridor. The public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span> for a specific corridor shall be held at least 30 days prior to the designation at a location as close to the proposed corridor as practical.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Transportation shall erect signs that designate <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> safety corridors and the penalties for violations committed within the designated corridors.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR PROGRAM (\u00a7 33.2-253)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways shall establish a highway safety corridor program\nunder which a portion of highways in the primary state highway system and\nInterstate System may be designated by the Commissioner of Highways as highway\nsafety corridors to address highway safety problems through law enforcement,\neducation, and safety enhancements. In consultation with the Department of Motor\nVehicles and the Superintendent of State Police, the Commissioner of Highways\nshall establish criteria for the designation and evaluation of highway safety\ncorridors, including a review of crash data, accident reports, type and volume\nof vehicle traffic, and engineering and traffic studies. The Commissioner of\nHighways shall hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of the criteria to be\nused for designating a highway safety corridor. The Commissioner of Highways\nshall hold a minimum of one public hearing before designating any specific\nhighway corridor as a highway safety corridor. The public hearing or hearings\nfor a specific corridor shall be held at least 30 days prior to the designation\nat a location as close to the proposed corridor as practical.\n\t\tThe Department of Transportation shall erect signs that designate highway\nsafety corridors and the penalties for violations committed within the\ndesignated corridors.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 877, \u00a7 33.1-223.2:8; 2014, c. 805.","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}}