The Roanoke Times reports that in a taking for road improvements the Virginia DOT offered the owners “less than $1 million,” but a “special jury of landowners” (commissioners?) awarded $1.18 million for the part taken, plus $ $1.94 million in severance damages. After trial, the case settled for a total of $2.97 million.
Laurence Hammack, VDOT Agrees to 2.97 Million Settlement in Dispute With Botetourt County Landowners, The Roanoke Times, June 14, 2017.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/botetourt_county/vdot-agrees-to-million-settlement-in-dispute-with-botetourt-county/article_7d32a6c0-71a4-53f3-bda2-077ff9143df1.html