Any city or town, acting by and through its governing body, may contribute funds or other aid within the control of the city or town toward the building or improvement of permanent public highways leading to the city or town, or of bridges, or to the purchase of bridges, or the establishment, maintenance, or operation of ferries, when in the judgment of such governing body such action will tend to promote the material interest of such city or town. But no contribution shall be made toward the building or improvement of any highway or bridge, or the purchase of bridges, or any ferry, at any point more than 40 miles beyond the corporate limits of the city or town, as measured along the route of such highway.
Code 1950, § 33-129; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-214; 2014, c. 805.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
§ 33.2-102. Authority of cities and towns and certain counties in connection with federal aid
§ 33.2-103. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
§ 33.2-104. English units of measure
§ 33.2-105. Evidence as to existence of a public highway
§ 33.2-107. Secretary of Transportation to conduct periodic examination of process
§ 33.2-112. Sidewalks and walkways for pedestrian traffic
§ 33.2-113. Contributions by cities or towns towards highway building, bridges, etc.
§ 33.2-114. Virginia Aviation Board and Virginia Port Authority powers
§ 33.2-115. Department to establish smart transportation pilot zone
§ 33.2-117. Statutes declaring streams and rivers to be highways continued
§ 33.2-118. Mobile food vending in commuter lots in Planning District 8