DENVER — A group of Larimer County residents opposed to a 70-mile pipeline project that will deliver Poudre River water to Thornton in the coming years said Monday night they’ll appeal a district judge’s ruling after she dismissed their lawsuit last week.
Save The Proudre had filed suit against the Larimer County Board of Commissioners in July of last year after the Board unanimously approved the final piece of the Thornton pipeline project just two months prior.
- Denver7 has been following this story since plans to build the pipeline raised concerns from neighbors in Larimer County. Watch our report from early 2018 in the video player below:
Brett Henry, who served as interim city manager for the City of Thornton last year, told Denver7 at the time that the project was needed to keep up with the city’s booming population. He called it “the most impactful, most important project that Thornton’s ever undertaken.”
The pipeline — most of which is either in design, under construction or already complete — will head east from the Poudre River and down Interstate 25…