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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360185</law_id><section_number>33.2-280.2</section_number><catch_line>Utility work database</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="77" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions and Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Department of Transportation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Service connection</span>&#x201D; means any utility facility installed overhead or underground between a distribution main, pipelines, conduits, lines, wires, or other sources of supply and the premises of the individual customer.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Utility work</span>&#x201D; means the construction, installation, removal, or substantial <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> of a privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing telecommunications, cable television, electricity, gas, oil, petroleum products, water, steam, storm water not connected with <span class="dictionary">highway</span> drainage, or any other similar commodity, including any fire or police signal system. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Utility work</span>&#x201D; does not include emergency <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> or repairs or any work directly related to any individual <span class="dictionary">service connection</span> or service drop. <a id="paragraph-1340024" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-280.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all <span class="dictionary">utility work</span> that has been approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> and will occur within a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> right-of-way in a residential neighborhood, as specified by the utility. Such database shall include the location where such work will occur, the start date of such work, the projected end date of such work, the company administering such work, and any other relevant information; however, under no circumstances shall such database and map provide information on any (i) <span class="dictionary">utility work</span> within a right-of-way not maintained by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; (ii) critical utility infrastructure, as designated by the utility, that, upon disclosure, has the potential to jeopardize security or critical services, including Critical Energy Infrastructure Information and Controlled Unclassified Information; or (iii) information the permittee has designated as confidential. Such information shall be available in the database at least seven days prior to the start date of any such <span class="dictionary">utility work</span> and shall be deleted from such database 90 days after the completion of such work. <a id="paragraph-1340025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-280.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, c. 271.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
