The Board is authorized to designate any highway as a scenic highway or as a Virginia byway. This designation shall be made in cooperation with the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Prior to designation, the local governing body and local planning commission, if any, in each county or city wherein the proposed scenic highway or Virginia byway is located shall be given notice and, upon request by any of the local governing bodies, the Board shall hold a hearing in one of the counties or cities wherein the proposed scenic highway or Virginia byway is located.
Code 1950, § 33-43.1; 1966, c. 11; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-62; 1974, c. 319; 1984, c. 739; 1989, c. 656; 2014, c. 805.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 4 - Limited Access Highways, Scenic Highways and Virginia Byways, and Highways over Dams
§ 33.2-403. Business enterprises restricted on limited access highway right-of-way
§ 33.2-404. Service roads parallel to limited access highways; standards for access, service, etc.
§ 33.2-405. Designation of scenic highways and Virginia byways
§ 33.2-406. Selecting Virginia byways
§ 33.2-407. Signage of scenic highways and Virginia byways
§ 33.2-408. Acquisition of adjacent land
§ 33.2-409. Duty of owner or occupier of dam over which state highway passes; penalty
§ 33.2-410. Duties of Commissioner of Highways related to dams over which a state highway passes
§ 33.2-411. Raising or lowering floodgates
§ 33.2-412. Reconstruction if dam is washed out