                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF LAND IN MEDIAN OF HIGHWAYS FOR PUBLIC MASS TRANSIT; DISPOSITION
OF SUCH PROPERTY (§ 33.2-1015)

When acquiring land for the construction of highways with divided roadways, the
Commissioner of Highways may, if he deems it necessary and appropriate, also
acquire by gift, purchase, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain as
vested in him by § 33.2-1001, in addition to the land necessary for such
highways, sufficient land in the median for use for public mass transit and may
convey or otherwise make available the same to a public agency or authority or
public service corporation or public service company for the construction and
operation thereon of public facilities for mass transit.
		Such additional land shall be acquired only after an agreement has been made
between the Commissioner of Highways and a public agency or authority or public
service corporation or public service company whereby such agency, authority,
corporation, or company has agreed to pay the cost of the additional land
acquired and all expense incidental to its acquisition.
		The condemnation of such land to be conveyed for use for public mass transit
shall be governed by the procedure prescribed by this article and may be carried
out at the same time if against the same property owner and if against the same
landowner or in the same proceedings in which land is condemned for highway
purposes. The Commissioner of Highways may, under the same procedure and
conditions prescribed by this article with respect to property needed for
highway purposes, enter upon and take possession of such property to be conveyed
to a public agency or authority or public service corporation or public service
company in the manner provided in §§ 33.2-1018 through 33.2-1027.
		The Board is authorized and directed with the consent of the Federal Highway
Administration to permit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to
commence construction of rapid transit and ancillary facilities within the
proposed median of Interstate 66 between Glebe Road in Arlington County and
Nutley Road in Fairfax County, provided that (i) construction of rapid transit
shall conform with highway plans and that construction procedures shall be
reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of Highways and (ii) prior to
construction of rapid transit, a mutually satisfactory allocation of cost shall
be agreed to by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Board,
and the Federal Highway Administration.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-58.1; 1962, c. 303; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-97; 1973, c.
508; 2014, c. 805.