                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF STREAMS AND LOWLANDS OBSTRUCTED BY NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HIGHWAYS AS
FISHPONDS OR WATER STORAGE AREAS (§ 33.2-279)

Whenever any highway is being constructed and the highway is to pass over any
stream or lowland the obstruction of which is necessary to such construction or
if the present highway construction can be utilized to provide a suitable dam
for a fishpond or water storage area, then upon application of the adjacent
property owner requesting that it be so used, the Department may permit such
use, provided that such dam shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 33.2-409
through 33.2-414 and any additional cost incurred shall be borne by the
requesting property owner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-123.1; 1952, c. 499; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-208; 2013,
cc. 585, 646; 2014, c. 805.