Singleton bypass acquisition brawl follows similar fights before other infrastructure projects

These landowners appreciate the bypass, but say the government is robbing them.

ANY early controversies over the Hunter Expressway are now more or less forgotten, with the project, finished in 2014 at a stated cost of $1.7 billion, more than proving its worth.

Now, with an estimated 26,000 vehicles a day - including 3700 trucks - passing through the single-lane centre of Singleton, residents say the $700-million bypass of the town is well and truly overdue.