33.1-243 - Abandonment of certain roads and railway crossings. - Virginia Statutes

§ 33.1-243. Abandonment of certain roads and railway crossings.

The governing body of any county which has chosen or hereafter chooses not tobe included in the provisions of Article 6 (§ 33.1-67 et seq.) of Chapter 1of this title, whenever it deems that any part of a road subject to itsjurisdiction is no longer required or an existing crossing by any such roadof the lines of a railway company, or any existing crossing by the lines of arailway company of such road, is no longer necessary as a part of such roadsystem, may abandon the section of road, or the crossing.

The procedure for any such abandonment shall be governed by the provisionsapplicable to the Commonwealth Transportation Board as provided in §§33.1-144 to 33.1-167 and all provisions applicable to the Board shall apply,mutatis mutandis, to the governing body of the county.

(Code 1950, § 33-155.1; 1970, c. 322.)