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2011 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 33.1-223.2:21 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 33.1-223.2:21. Noise abatement practices and technologies.
Whenever the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the
Department plan for or undertake any highway construction or improvement
project and such project includes or may include the requirement for the
mitigation of traffic noise impacts, first consideration should be given
to the use of noise reducing design and low noise pavement materials and
techniques in lieu of construction of noise walls or sound barriers.
Landscaping Vegetative screening, such as the planting of appropriate
conifers, in such a design would be utilized to act as a visual screen if
visual screening is required.