Bull Run water project faces new legal appeal

A neighborhood group opposed to construction of the $2.1 billion Bull Run water filtration plant isn’t giving up yet.

In Brief:

  • Cottrell files new legal appeal over Bull Run water project
  • Multnomah County had approved project construction
  • Critics say natural resources weren’t fully considered
  • Portland must meet 2027 safe water deadline

On Friday, an attorney for the Cottrell Community Planning Organization filed a notice of intent to appeal a Multnomah County hearings officer’s determination that the infrastructure project could proceed.

The Cottrell group earlier appealed a county hearings officer’s determination to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. Then in January, LUBA remanded the matter back to a hearings officer…

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