Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org8355033.2-916Notice of proposed abandonment2025Highways and Other Surface Transportation SystemsModes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public TransportationAbandonment and Discontinuance of Highways and RoadsAbandonment of Roads Not in Primary or Secondary State Highway System

In the case of a proposed abandonment of a road not part of the primary or secondary state highway system, the governing body shall give at least 30 days’ notice of its intention to do so by posting notice at the front door of the courthouse, by posting notices on at least three places along and visible from the road proposed to be abandoned, and by publishing notice in at least two issues in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. All such notices shall state the time and place at which the governing body will meet to consider the abandonment of such road.

Code 1950, § 33-76.15; 1950, p. 734; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-158; 2014, c. 805.