{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/33.2-370.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/33.2-370.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/33.2-370.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/33.2-370.html"}],"law_id":75809,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75809,"structure_id":14294,"section_number":"33.2-370","catch_line":"High-priority projects program","history":"2015, c. 684.","full_text":"A\n\nAs used in this section, &#8220;high-priority projects&#8221; means those projects of regional or statewide significance, such as projects that reduce congestion or increase safety, accessibility, environmental quality, or economic development.B\n\nThe Board shall establish a high-priority projects program and shall use funds allocated in &#xA7; 33.2-358 to the program for projects and strategies that address a transportation need identified for a corridor of statewide significance or a regional network in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-353. From funds allocated to this program, the Board shall allocate funds to the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund, provided that the allocation shall not exceed $25 million annually.\n\t\t\tIn selecting projects and strategies for funding under this program, the Board shall screen, evaluate, and select candidate projects and strategies according to the process established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 33.2-214.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272225,"text":"As used in this section, &#8220;high-priority projects&#8221; means those projects of regional or statewide significance, such as projects that reduce congestion or increase safety, accessibility, environmental quality, or economic development.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":272226,"text":"The Board shall establish a high-priority projects program and shall use funds allocated in &#xA7; 33.2-358 to the program for projects and strategies that address a transportation need identified for a corridor of statewide significance or a regional network in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-353. From funds allocated to this program, the Board shall allocate funds to the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund, provided that the allocation shall not exceed $25 million annually.\n\t\t\tIn selecting projects and strategies for funding under this program, the Board shall screen, evaluate, and select candidate projects and strategies according to the process established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 33.2-214.1.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14294,"edition_id":1,"name":"Allocation of Highway Funds","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12831,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","permalink":{"id":205955,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14294,"identifier":"5","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5","url":"\/33.2\/II\/3\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12831,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highway Systems","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12830,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205741,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12831,"identifier":"3","token":"33.2\/II\/3","url":"\/33.2\/II\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12830,"edition_id":1,"name":"Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12830,"identifier":"II","token":"33.2\/II","url":"\/33.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72011,"structure_id":14294,"section_number":"33.2-351","catch_line":"Definition of \"allocation.\"","url":"\/33.2-351\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-351","metadata":false},{"id":77931,"structure_id":14294,"section_number":"33.2-352","catch_line":"Asset management practices; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0684\">684<\/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":[{"id":67082,"section_number":"33.2-1531","catch_line":"Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1531\/"},{"id":57318,"section_number":"33.2-214","catch_line":"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214\/"},{"id":71998,"section_number":"33.2-214.1","catch_line":"Statewide prioritization process for project selection","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214.1\/"},{"id":62915,"section_number":"33.2-318","catch_line":"Bypasses through or around cities and towns","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-318\/"},{"id":81138,"section_number":"33.2-358","catch_line":"Allocation of funds to programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-358\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71998,"section_number":"33.2-214.1","catch_line":"Statewide prioritization process for project selection","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214.1\/"},{"id":71190,"section_number":"33.2-353","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-353\/"},{"id":81138,"section_number":"33.2-358","catch_line":"Allocation of funds to programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-358\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75809,"identifier":"33.2-370","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-370","url":"\/33.2-370\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-370\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/5\/33.2-370","dublin_core":{"Title":"High-priority projects program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-370","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">high-priority projects<\/span>&#8221; means those projects of regional or statewide significance, such as projects that reduce congestion or increase safety, accessibility, environmental quality, or economic development. <a id=\"paragraph-272225\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-370\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall establish a <span class=\"dictionary\">high-priority projects<\/span> program and shall use funds allocated in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Allocation of funds to programs\" href=\"\/33.2-358\/\">33.2-358<\/a> to the program for projects and strategies that address a transportation need identified for a corridor of statewide significance or a regional network in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan\" href=\"\/33.2-353\/\">33.2-353<\/a>. From funds allocated to this program, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall allocate funds to the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund, provided that the allocation shall not exceed $25 million annually.\n\t\t\tIn selecting projects and strategies for funding under this program, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall screen, evaluate, and select candidate projects and strategies according to the process established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Statewide prioritization process for project selection\" href=\"\/33.2-214.1\/\">33.2-214.1<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-272226\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-370\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHIGH-PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM (\u00a7 33.2-370)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;high-priority projects&#8221; means those\nprojects of regional or statewide significance, such as projects that reduce\ncongestion or increase safety, accessibility, environmental quality, or economic\ndevelopment.\n\nB. The Board shall establish a high-priority projects program and shall use\nfunds allocated in &#xA7; 33.2-358 to the program for projects and strategies\nthat address a transportation need identified for a corridor of statewide\nsignificance or a regional network in the Statewide Transportation Plan pursuant\nto &#xA7; 33.2-353. From funds allocated to this program, the Board shall\nallocate funds to the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund, provided\nthat the allocation shall not exceed $25 million annually.\n\t\t\tIn selecting projects and strategies for funding under this program, the\nBoard shall screen, evaluate, and select candidate projects and strategies\naccording to the process established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7;\n33.2-214.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 684.","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}}