15.2-4527 - Planning process.
§ 15.2-4527. Planning process.
A. In performing the duties imposed under § 15.2-4515 A and B, the commissionshall cooperate with the governing bodies of the counties and cities embracedwithin the transportation district and agencies thereof, with theCommonwealth Transportation Board, and with an agency of which members of thedistrict commission are also members, to the end that the plans, decisionsand policies for transportation shall be consistent with and shall foster thedevelopment and implementation of the general plans and policies of thecounties and cities for their orderly growth and development.
B. Each commission member shall serve as the liaison between the commissionand the body by which he was appointed and those commission members who arealso members of an agency shall provide liaison between the districtcommission and such agency, to the end that the district commission, itscomponent governments, the Commonwealth Transportation Board, and any suchagency, shall be continuously, comprehensively, and mutually advised ofplans, policies, and actions requiring consideration in the planning fortransportation and in the development of planned transportation facilities.
C. To assure that planning, policy and decision-making are consistent withthe development plans for the orderly growth of the counties and cities andcoordinated with the plans and programs of the Commonwealth TransportationBoard and are based on comprehensive data with respect to current andprospective local conditions, including, without limitation, land use,economic and population factors, the objectives for future urban developmentand future travel demands generated by such considerations, the commissionmay:
1. Create, subject to their appointment, technical committees from thepersonnel of the agencies of the counties and cities and from theCommonwealth Transportation Board concerned with planning, collection andanalysis of data relevant to decision-making in the transportation planningprocess. Appointments to such technical committees, however, are to be madeby the governing bodies of the counties and cities and by the CommonwealthTransportation Board, as the case may be; or
2. If the transportation district is located within an area which has anorganized planning process created in conformance with the provisions of 23U.S.C. § 134, utilize the technical committees created for such planningprocess.
D. The commission, on behalf of the counties and cities within thetransportation district, but only upon their direction, is authorized toenter into the written agreements specified in 23 U.S.C. § 134 to assureconformance with the requirements of that law for continuous, comprehensivetransportation planning.
(1964, c. 631, § 15.1-1365; 1997, c. 587.)