                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL BY COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (§ 15.2-4712)

The district may not construct or improve a transportation improvement without
the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and without the approval
of the locality in which the transportation improvement will be located. At the
request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner may
exercise his powers of condemnation pursuant to Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.)
or 3 (§ 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1 or § 33.2-705 for the purpose of
acquiring property for transportation improvements within the district. Upon
completion of the construction or improvement, the Commonwealth Transportation
Board shall take the public highway into the secondary, primary, or Interstate
system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvement
as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the highway into the
primary system of highways, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way
and improvements of such public mass transit system or highway shall vest in the
Commonwealth. Upon completion of such construction or improvement of a mass
transit system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and
improvements of the mass transit system shall vest in the Northern Virginia
Transportation Commission or other agency or instrumentality of the
Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 587.