Bill Text: VA HB1256 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: HOT lanes on Interstate 66; operating hours.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Appropriations [HB1256 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB1256-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.2-502 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.2-502. Designation of HOT lanes; operating hours.
The Board may designate one or more lanes of any highway, including lanes that may previously have been designated HOV lanes under § 33.2-501, in the Interstate System, primary state highway system, or National Highway System, or any portion thereof, as HOT lanes. In making HOT lanes designations, the Board shall also specify the high-occupancy requirement and conditions for use of such HOT lanes or may authorize the Commissioner of Highways to make such determination consistent with the terms of a comprehensive agreement executed pursuant to §33.2-1808. The high-occupancy requirement for a HOT lanes facility constructed or operated as a result of the Public-Private Transportation Act (§33.2-1800 et seq.) shall not be less than three.
The operating hours for any HOT lanes on Interstate 66 east of mile marker 67 shall be from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the eastbound lanes and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the westbound lanes.
