                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RELOCATION OR REMOVAL OF UTILITY FACILITIES WITHIN PROJECTS ON INTERSTATE SYSTEM
(§ 33.2-307)

A. For the purposes of this section:
			&#8220;Cost of highway construction&#8221; includes the cost of relocating or
removing utility facilities in connection with any project on the Interstate
System within cities or towns.
			&#8220;Cost of relocation or removal&#8221; includes the entire amount paid
by such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal after
deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value
derived from the old facility.
			&#8220;Facility of a utility&#8221; includes tracks, pipes, mains, conduits,
cables, wires, towers, and other structures, equipment, and appliances.
			&#8220;Utility&#8221; includes publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned
utilities.

B. Whenever the Board determines that it is necessary that any facility of a
utility in, on, under, over, or along existing streets that are to be included
within any project on the Interstate System within cities or towns should be
relocated or removed, the owner or operator of such facility shall relocate or
remove the same in accordance with the order of the Board. The cost of such
relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facility in a new
location, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any
other rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal shall be
ascertained and paid by the Board as a part of the cost of the project.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-36.9; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-55; 1972, c.
79; 1983, c. 162; 2003, c. 302; 2014, c. 805.