Decision on controversial Kerry Greenway further delayed

Project first announced in 2014, with a 16-day oral hearing held in 2019

Plans to construct a South Kerry Greenway were first announced in 2014. A decision on the project was due on Friday. An Bord Pleanála now says it will not have a decision until at least the end of the month. Picture: Don MacMonagle 

The long-awaited decision on the planning application for the South Kerry Greenway, and confirmation of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for over 220 landholdings along the old railway line on the Ring of Kerry, has been further delayed.

An Bord Pleanála was expected to announce its decision on Friday, but now says it will not have a decision until at least the end of the month.