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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Singleton Council rejects NSW government offer of $600,000 for '$6 million move'

Singleton Council says the state has offered $600,000 for this site, but its costs of moving are closer to $6 million. Picture by Ian Kirkwood

SINGLETON Council has joined residents in objecting to the way the NSW government is handling land acquisition for the Singleton bypass, rejecting an offer made for a council depot site at Glenridding.

As the Newcastle Herald reported on Thursday, a group of rural property owners backed by Labor MPs are making a last-ditch effort to get better valuations for land that is subject to full or partial compulsory acquisition by Transport for NSW.

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