Council may dezone Nama land to force handover for road

Cork County Council could take the unprecedented step of dezoning building land owned by Nama to make it worthless and force the agency to hand it over to the local authority for road safety measures.

The council wants land in Douglas to be used to finish off a road safety development along a corridor used by more than 20,000 vehicles per day.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has provided millions of euro to upgrade the route between Clarke’s Hill and Maryborough Hill. However, the section of land in between cannot be linked to the upgrade as it is under the control of Nama.