BY DAKOTA TAIT
Newcastle Council will discuss on Tuesday evening, a Government offer to purchase land for the Newcastle Inner City Bypass, at half what the City's valued it.
Transport for NSW is offering $1.155 million for the compulsory acquisition of eight parcels of land at Lambton and New Lambton heights.
An independent valuation, however, puts the land at $1.95 million.
Councillors will decide if they'll formally reject the offer at their meeting, but the formal recommendation is that they continue negotiations and push for an offer at market value.
