Happens in Illinois, too. Not only highway related, either. We have a lake/reservior in our area that the property was secured for in the same manner. Folks were approached with a $50/acre offer and a subtle hint of emminent domain if they didn't take that offer. Most took it, thinking they would get less if they bucked the system. A very few refused, and they shelved the refusals until all the others were signed, THEN they dealt seriously with those few. Those few that had refused the original offer received $200+/acre. Bitter feelings in the neighborhood! The property aquisitioners justify that kind of behavior, as public servants, by saying that they are "looking out for the broader interest of the public".
A shyster by any other name is still . . . a shyster.
The meek and poor were on the $50 end. The brash and connected were on the $200 end. My old neighbor, who was forced to sell his bottom ground and was on the $50 end, never missed a chance to pee in the lake.
These are mid 60's prices for steep wooded hollows and little bottom fields.
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