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Efficient transportation systems
are essential for commerce and economic development. There was a time in the not so distant past when roadways in the Commonwealth were not all public.
They were often private (are we returning to this today?). They were uncoordinated, unreliably maintained, and under many different methods of supervision and responsibility. When our state government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, became involved and accepted responsibility for transportation and all public roadways within the state it was recognizing the essential role roadways played and would play in our economic growth and success. When making this commitment the Commonwealth defined two road systems: The state highway system, also known as the primary system; and the secondary highway system, distinct and separate from the state highway system.
The secondary highway system was defined in law by a method or term know as prescriptive, which also designated 30 feet as the standard width of the roadway easement. The land on which these
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