Dozens of Aurora residents packed an Arapahoe County Commission meeting Tuesday, delivering a petition with more than 3,000 signatures demanding a reconsideration on plans to install oil well pad near the Aurora Reservoir and the Southshore community.
The petition targets the Sunlight-Long well pad, which was approved by the Energy and Carbon Management Commission in April and is part of a larger 156-well drilling project. The commission approved the broader project in 2024, but each well pad needs separate approval.
Some of those well pads would sit less than a mile from homes and the Aurora Reservoir. Residents considered it a major victory in December when state regulators paused Sunlight-Long’s development plans after months of heated public hearings…