§ 33.1-55. Relocation or removal of utility facilities within projects on Interstate System
Whenever the Board shall determine that it is necessary that any tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers or other structures, equipment and appliances (herein called "facilities") of any utility as herein defined, in, on, under, over or along existing streets which 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 facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the Board. The cost of such relocation or removal, as herein defined, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location or locations, 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 such project.
For the purposes of this section, the term "utility" shall include publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities and the term "cost of relocation or removal" shall include the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation or removal after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.
The cost of relocating or removing utility facilities in connection with any project on the Interstate System within cities or towns is hereby declared to be a cost of highway construction.
(Code 1950, § 33-36.9; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322; 1972, c. 79; 1983, c. 162; 2003, c. 302.)
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