It’s a lawsuit with an opening line worthy of a Hollywood script. “The City is holding a fully engineered, City-approved residential subdivision hostage so that it can be used as a bargaining chip towards the City’s efforts to resolve a simmering dispute with a rural water district.”
The city is Broken Arrow, and the subdivision is called The Grove, located near E. 131st St. South and S 193rd E. Ave. Promoted on the website of Executive Homes with early bird pricing on 100 properties from $481,900 and up, complete with a rendering showing playgrounds and pools. But right now, it’s just empty lots and imagination.
The lawsuit says the plaintiffs “…designed and built the water system …to the City’s specifications and have invested millions of dollars in reliance on the City’s promise to supply water for it.” But the city, says the suit, “…claims there is uncertainty over which entity will supply water to The Grove,” Even though, “…the city has committed to do so for more than two years…”…