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2004 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-873.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-873.1. Maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways for certain counties.
The maximum speed limit on nonsurface treated highways, which are roads that
are comprised of an earth-aggregate or aggregate surface (i.e., dirt and gravel)
that have not been stabilized with a bituminous or cementitious material, shall
be thirty-five 35 miles per hour. The maximum speed limit upon such highways
may be increased or decreased by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner or other authority
having jurisdiction over highways. However, such increased or decreased maximum
speed limit shall be effective only when indicated by sign on the highway. For
such highways upon which maximum speed limit is not indicated by sign, the
maximum speed limit shall be thirty-five 35 miles per hour.
The provisions of this section shall apply only in counties having populations
of at least 86,000 but less than 170,000 the Counties of Clarke, Fauquier,
Frederick, Loudoun, Warren, and Wythe.