§ 33.1-460. Approval by Commonwealth Transportation Board
The district may not construct or improve a transportation improvement without the approval of both the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the locality in which the transportation improvement will be located. At the request of the commission, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner may exercise the powers of condemnation provided in Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1, §§ 33.1-89 through 33.1-132, or § 33.1-229, for the purpose of acquiring property for transportation improvements within the district.
Upon completion of such construction or improvement, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall take any affected public highway into the appropriate system of state highways for purposes of maintenance and subsequent improvements as necessary. Upon acceptance by the Commonwealth of such highway into a system of highways, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of any affected highway shall vest in the Commonwealth. Upon completion of construction or improvement of a mass transit system, all rights, title, and interest in the right-of-way and improvements of such mass transit system shall vest in an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
(2004, c. 966.)
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