                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERMISSIBLE USES BY COUNTIES OF CERTAIN DISCONTINUED SECONDARY HIGHWAYS (§
33.2-911)

Whenever a secondary highway is discontinued under § 33.2-908, the highway
shall continue to be available for use by the public as a highway, unless it has
been abandoned pursuant to this chapter or its use has been modified by an
ordinance adopted pursuant to this section. The governing body of the county may
by ordinance provide for use of a discontinued highway for any of the following
purposes: (i) hiking or bicycle trails and paths or other nonvehicular
transportation and recreation; (ii) greenway corridors for resource protection
and biodiversity enhancement, with or without public ingress and egress; and
(iii) access to historic, cultural, and educational sites.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 349, § 33.1-152.1; 2011, c. 129; 2014, c. 805.