Chapter 2. Transportation EntitiesRead Chapter
- Article 1. Commonwealth Transportation Board; Membership and OrganizationRead all
- § 33.2-200
- Commonwealth Transportation Board; membership; terms; vacancies
- § 33.2-201
- Appointment requirements; statewide interest
- § 33.2-202
- Meetings
- § 33.2-203
- Salaries and expenses
- § 33.2-204
- Offices
- § 33.2-205
- Oaths and bonds of members
- § 33.2-206
- How testimony of members of Commonwealth Transportation Board and Commissioner of Highways taken in civil proceedings
- § 33.2-207
- Bookkeeping system
- Article 2. Commonwealth Transportation Board; Powers and DutiesRead all
- § 33.2-208
- Location of routes
- § 33.2-209
- Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation
- § 33.2-210
- Traffic regulations; penalty
- § 33.2-211
- Copies of regulations as evidence
- § 33.2-212
- Sections not applicable to certain engines and tractors
- § 33.2-213
- Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities
- § 33.2-214
- Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program
- § 33.2-214.1
- Statewide prioritization process for project selection
- § 33.2-214.2
- Transparency in the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program, statewide prioritization process, and state of good repair program
- § 33.2-214.3
- Transparency in project selection in Planning District 8
- § 33.2-214.4
- Statewide prioritization for the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund
- § 33.2-215
- Policies and operation of Departments
- § 33.2-216
- Roadside memorials; penalty
- § 33.2-217
- Prohibition of certain weeds and plants on highway rights-of-way
- § 33.2-218
- Fees for participating in the Integrated Directional Sign Program
- § 33.2-219
- Statements to be filed with Commonwealth Transportation Board by transit systems
- § 33.2-220
- Transfer of interest in and control over certain highways, highway rights-of-way, and landings
- § 33.2-221
- Other powers, duties, and responsibilities
- § 33.2-221.1
- Use of biodiesel and other alternative fuels in vehicles providing public transportation
- Article 3. Commissioner of HighwaysRead all
- § 33.2-222
- Commissioner of Highways
- § 33.2-223
- General powers of Commissioner of Highways
- § 33.2-224
- Employees; delegation of responsibilities
- § 33.2-225
- Liaison duties with other organizations
- § 33.2-226
- Authority to lease or convey airspace
- § 33.2-227
- Defense of employees
- § 33.2-228
- Agreements between Commissioner of Highways and certain localities
- § 33.2-229
- Furnishing information regarding right-of-way transactions
- § 33.2-230
- Written notice of decision to dispose of real property
- § 33.2-231
- Establish community service landscaping program
- § 33.2-232
- Biennial reports by Commissioner of Highways and the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment
- § 33.2-233
- Gathering and reporting of information and statistics
- § 33.2-234
- Construction by state or local employees
- § 33.2-235
- Procurement
- § 33.2-236
- Maps or plats prepared at request and expense of local governing bodies and other groups; Department of Energy to seek other existing sources
- § 33.2-237
- Directional signs for certain educational institutions
- § 33.2-238
- Closing highways for safety of public or proper completion of construction; injury to barriers, signs, etc.
- § 33.2-239
- Providing highway detours
- § 33.2-240
- Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting private roads
- § 33.2-241
- Connections over shoulders of highways for intersecting commercial establishment entrances; penalty
- § 33.2-242
- Replacing entrances destroyed in the repair or construction of highways
- § 33.2-243
- Paying for damages sustained to personal property by reason of work projects, etc.
- § 33.2-244
- Removal of snow and ice from public highways by private entities
- § 33.2-245
- Comprehensive highway access management standards
- § 33.2-246
- Recreational waysides; regulations; penalties
- § 33.2-247
- Wetlands mitigation banking
- § 33.2-248
- Expenditure of funds for interstate bridges and approaches
- § 33.2-249
- Maintenance and operation of bridges or tunnels on the city and state line
- § 33.2-250
- Improving certain private roads and certain town streets and roads
- § 33.2-251
- Installation and maintenance of "children at play" signs in counties and towns
- § 33.2-252
- Tramways and railways along or across public highways; appeals
- § 33.2-253
- Highway safety corridor program
- § 33.2-254
- Erection and maintenance of newspaper route boxes
- § 33.2-255
- Sale or lease of properties acquired for highway construction
- Article 4. Department of TransportationRead all
- § 33.2-256
- Department of Transportation established
- § 33.2-257
- Repealed
- § 33.2-257.1
- Notice to be provided to property owners of pending transportation projects
- § 33.2-258
- Environmental permits for highway projects; timely review
- § 33.2-259
- Maintain drainage easements
- § 33.2-260
- Specifications in purchasing lubricating motor oil
- § 33.2-261
- Value engineering required in certain projects
- § 33.2-262
- Removal of snow from driveways of volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services agencies
- § 33.2-263
- School bus stop signs or other indicators
- § 33.2-264
- Livestock on right-of-way of the systems of state highways
- § 33.2-265
- Comprehensive roadside management program
- § 33.2-266
- Intermittent closing of highways subject to flooding; permits; notice
- § 33.2-267
- Family restrooms
- § 33.2-267.1
- Human trafficking hotline; posted notice required
- § 33.2-268
- Contractor performance bonds for locally administered transportation improvement projects
- § 33.2-269
- Localities may use design-build contracts
- § 33.2-270
- Provide for training of certain local employees
- § 33.2-271
- Maintain property acquired for construction of transportation projects
- § 33.2-272
- Location of landfill gas pipelines in highway right-of-way; Department of Transportation to provide notice to counties
- § 33.2-272.1
- Interstate pipelines; Department of Transportation oversight
- § 33.2-273
- Use of steel plates in connection with highway repairs
- § 33.2-274
- Application and installation of traffic control measures
- § 33.2-274.1
- Roadside safety devices to be equipped with identification numbers
- § 33.2-275
- Periodic quantitative rating of certain highways
- § 33.2-275.1
- Primary evacuation routes; public information
- § 33.2-276
- Noise abatement practices and technologies
- § 33.2-277
- Sale of materials to, and use of equipment by, localities and school boards
- § 33.2-278
- Facilities for persons desiring to fish from bridges
- § 33.2-279
- Use of streams and lowlands obstructed by newly constructed highways as fishponds or water storage areas
- § 33.2-280
- Treatment of highway surfaces for dust control
- § 33.2-280.1
- Charging electronic toll collection device fees
- § 33.2-280.2
- (Effective January 1, 2025) Utility work database
- Article 5. Department of Rail and Public TransportationRead all
- § 33.2-281
- Policy
- § 33.2-282
- Department of Rail and Public Transportation created; appointment of Director
- § 33.2-283
- Powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation
- § 33.2-284
- General powers of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation
- § 33.2-285
- Responsibilities of Department of Rail and Public Transportation
- § 33.2-286
- Urban transit agency strategic plans
- Article 6. Virginia Passenger Rail Authority ActRead all
- § 33.2-287
- Definitions
- § 33.2-288
- Declaration of public purpose; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
- § 33.2-289
- Board of Directors
- § 33.2-290
- Executive Director; agents and employees
- § 33.2-291
- Local authorities subordinate to Authority
- § 33.2-292
- Powers of the Authority
- § 33.2-293
- Acquisition, possession, and disposition of rail facilities; eminent domain
- § 33.2-294
- Issuance of bonds
- § 33.2-295
- Deposit and investment of funds
- § 33.2-296
- Revenues of the Authority
- § 33.2-297
- Moneys of Authority
- § 33.2-298
- Annual budget
- § 33.2-299
- Recordkeeping; audits
- § 33.2-299.1
- Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures
- § 33.2-299.2
- Police powers; Authority rules and regulations
- § 33.2-299.3
- Governmental function; exemption from taxation
- § 33.2-299.4
- Cooperation with federal agencies
- § 33.2-299.5
- Continuing responsibilities of the Transportation Board and the Department
- § 33.2-299.6
- Dissolution of Authority
- § 33.2-299.7
- Exclusions from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets
- § 33.2-299.8
- Liberal construction
