                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY GENERALLY (§ 15.2-2001)

Every locality may lay out, open, extend, widen, narrow, establish or change the
grade of, close, construct, pave, curb, gutter, plant and maintain shade trees
on, improve, maintain, repair, clean and light: streets, limited access
highways, express highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and
underpasses. Localities may make, improve and repair sidewalks upon all public
rights-of-way and may convert sidewalks to bicycle paths. A locality&#8217;s
power and authority over its public rights-of-way and other public places shall
be the same, regardless of whether the public right-of-way or place has been
expressly or impliedly dedicated to public use, has been conveyed to the
locality by deed, or has been acquired by any other means.
		Furthermore, any locality may establish highway user fees for highways that
are not part of any system of state highways when such highway&#8217;s
traffic-carrying capacity is increased by construction or improvement.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-77.53; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-889; 1974,
c. 407; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 924.