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and4\n\nEmploy independent consulting engineers having a nationwide and favorable repute in estimating traffic over any such highways to determine whether the construction of such highways will result in substantial reduction in the volume of traffic over Interstate 95 and use funds under the control of the Commonwealth Transportation Board for that purpose.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":268925,"text":"The Commonwealth Transportation Board may:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":268926,"text":"Enter into and perform contracts or agreements with the Authority to furnish it with surveys, engineering, borings, plans, and specifications and other technical services, reports, studies, and data, the cost of which shall be reimbursed by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project in connection with which such contracts or agreements were entered into;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":268927,"text":"Allocate to and for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any highways constructed by the Authority and pay to the Authority such funds as may be or become available to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for such purposes;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":268928,"text":"Permit the connection of any highways constructed or acquired by the Authority with highways under the control and jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Transportation Board; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0471\">471<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74847,"identifier":"33.2-2914","token":"33.2\/IV\/29\/33.2-2914","url":"\/33.2-2914\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2914\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/29\/33.2-2914","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of the Commonwealth Transportation Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2914","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Commonwealth Transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Enter into and perform <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> or agreements with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> to furnish it with surveys, engineering, borings, plans, and specifications and other technical services, reports, studies, and data, the cost of which shall be reimbursed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> as a part of the cost of the <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> in connection with which such <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> or agreements were entered into; <a id=\"paragraph-268926\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-2914\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Allocate to and for the construction, operation, or <span class=\"dictionary\">maintenance<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> constructed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> and pay to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> such funds as may be or become available to the Commonwealth Transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> for such purposes; <a id=\"paragraph-268927\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-2914\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Permit the connection of any <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> constructed or acquired by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> under the control and <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commonwealth Transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-268928\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-2914\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Employ independent consulting engineers having a nationwide and favorable repute in estimating traffic over any such <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> to determine whether the construction of such <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> will result in substantial reduction in the volume of traffic over Interstate 95 and use funds under the control of the Commonwealth Transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> for that purpose. <a id=\"paragraph-268929\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-2914\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (\u00a7 33.2-2914)\n\nThe Commonwealth Transportation Board may:\n\n1. Enter into and perform contracts or agreements with the Authority to furnish\nit with surveys, engineering, borings, plans, and specifications and other\ntechnical services, reports, studies, and data, the cost of which shall be\nreimbursed by the Authority as a part of the cost of the project in connection\nwith which such contracts or agreements were entered into;\n\n2. Allocate to and for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any\nhighways constructed by the Authority and pay to the Authority such funds as may\nbe or become available to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for such\npurposes;\n\n3. Permit the connection of any highways constructed or acquired by the\nAuthority with highways under the control and jurisdiction of the Commonwealth\nTransportation Board; and\n\n4. Employ independent consulting engineers having a nationwide and favorable\nrepute in estimating traffic over any such highways to determine whether the\nconstruction of such highways will result in substantial reduction in the volume\nof traffic over Interstate 95 and use funds under the control of the\nCommonwealth Transportation Board for that purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 471, \u00a7 15.2-7014; 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}}