This is just for access to survey. They may condemn it later. And, they may not take all of it. Anytime I ever lost land to eminent domain, I made out like a bandit.
“Anytime I ever lost land to eminent domain, I made out like a bandit.”
indeed ... almost all governmental entities exercising eminent domain would overpay a bit than go through an adversarial process, even though the government is always guaranteed to win in the end ...
Just takes good negotiating skills to get a great deal from the government. If they want it bad enough, they will pay a largely inflated value. Key is to not be too greedy.