                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNPAVED SECONDARY HIGHWAY FUNDS (§ 33.2-359)

A. Funds from the highway construction district grant programs established
pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-371 shall be allocated for the improvement of nonsurface
treated secondary highways that carry 50 or more vehicles per day. Such
improvement may consist of enhancements to such highway or highway segment other
than paving, such as improved materials, drainage upgrades, or enhanced design
of the highway profile. Other techniques shall be considered improvements if
they increase safety, reduce maintenance costs, or enhance the historic
qualities of the highway or highway segment. Funds shall be deducted from the
allocation made to each highway construction district pursuant to subsection D
of &#xA7; 33.2-371 and such deduction shall be based on the ratio of nonsurface
treated secondary highways in each highway construction district that carry 50
or more vehicles per day to the total number of such nonsurface treated
secondary highways in the Commonwealth.
			Total funds of the Commonwealth allocated by the Board under this section
shall not exceed $25 million annually.

B. Such funds shall be distributed to counties in the secondary state highway
system based on the ratio of nonsurface treated roads in each county carrying 50
vehicles or more per day to the total number of such nonsurface treated roads in
the Commonwealth. The local governing body of the county shall select the
highways or highway segments to be improved pursuant to this section, after
consulting with the Department. Improvements pursuant to this section shall be
designed and implemented utilizing project standards that conform to
then-existing federal and state requirements and standards and, if no such
standards exist, that conform to standards as mutually agreed upon by the
Department and the locality.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 84, § 33.1-23.1:1; 1985, c. 42; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684;
2024, cc. 134, 160.