§ 33.1-168. Abandonment of road in area to be flooded for purpose of municipal water supply
Whenever any city or town which owns and operates a waterworks system for the purpose of supplying such city or town and its inhabitants with water finds it necessary to enlarge its water supply, for the accomplishment of which it is necessary to impound the water of a stream without the corporate limits of such city or town, by means of a dam erected in such stream, and the impounding of the water thereof would result in the overflow, or flooding, of a section or sections of a road or roads within the secondary system of state highways, thereby necessitating the alteration and relocation of the road or roads and the council of the city or town shall by ordinance declare such necessity and that it is the intention of such city or town to comply with the requirements of this article, as hereinafter set forth, the road proposed to be flooded may be discontinued and abandoned but only after the city or town has complied with the provisions and requirements of §§ 33.1-169 through 33.1-174.
(Code 1950, § 33-82; 1970, c. 322.)
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