                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TREE-TRIMMING POLICIES (§ 33.2-1222)

The Board shall adopt policies governing the pruning and trimming of trees
during nonemergency conditions by the employees, agents, and contractors of the
Department of Transportation in order to preserve roadside trees that do not
adversely affect highway operations, maintenance, or safety. Such policies shall
be developed in consultation with an advisory group whose members shall include
representatives of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Forestry,
Scenic Virginia, and the American Society of Consulting Arborists and shall be
consistent with generally accepted standards recommended by nationally
recognized organizations, including the American National Standards Institute.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 169, § 33.1-371.2; 2014, c. 805.