Section 40. Board authority to regulate entrances from adjacent property to right of way of highways within the state highway system

The board, under § 33.2-210 of the Code of Virginia, reserves the power to regulate entrances from adjacent property upon the right of way of any highway within the system of state highways. No entrance of any nature shall be made, built, or constructed upon the right of way of any highway within the system of state highways until the location has been determined in the opinion of the commissioner or designee of VDOT to be acceptable from a public safety standpoint and, further, until approval has been granted by VDOT. The design and construction of such entrances as approved by the commissioner pursuant to §§ 33.2-241 and 33.2-245 of the Code of Virginia must comply with VDOT's regulations where applicable.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 27, Issue 10, eff. March 3, 2011; amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 07, eff. December 31, 2014.

Statutory Authority

§ 33.2-210 of the Code of Virginia.