                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL BY COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD (§ 15.2-4811)

The district may not construct or improve a public highway or public mass
transit system without the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and
the county. At the request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation
Board may exercise its 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 facilities within the district. Upon
completion of such construction or improvement of a public highway, the
Commonwealth Transportation Board shall take such public highway into the
primary or secondary system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and
subsequent improvement as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of the
highway into the state highway system, all rights, title, and interest in the
right-of-way and improvements of such 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 such
mass transit system shall vest in the Northern Virginia Transportation
Commission or other agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 587.