Owners of parcels of land fragmented by barriers like minor roads or planned but not planted woodbelts will be able to buy them from the local authorities and consolidate their land, under legislation adopted by Parliament on Friday.

The bill’s sponsor Radu Mudreac (PSRM) said this will be allowed only if the owner is one and the same and it doesn’t prevent other owners from reaching or working their land.

Before this, the law didn’t provide a clear mechanism for how local authorities could sell access roads crossing agricultural land, explained Mudreac.

Obviously, Mudreac went on, such roads cannot be put up for auction, because no one besides the owner has a legitimate interest in buying those roads.