Boulder sued for approving $66 million bond funding for flood mitigation
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Federal judge orders Denver Water to stop Gross Dam construction; Army Corps must rewrite permits
A federal judge late Thursday ordered Denver Water to halt construction on the massive expansion of Gross Reservoir’s dam in western Boulder County and sent three key environmental permits back to the Army Corps of Engineers for a rewrite. The order hands a major, if temporary, victory to environmental and neighborhood opponents fighting the half-finished, $531 million project to nearly triple the storage capacity of the reservoir on South Boul…

Boulder sued for approving $66 million bond funding for flood mitigation
The Save South Boulder group, along with three Boulder residents, filed a lawsuit against the city on Wednesday, challenging the legality of the Boulder City Council approving a $66 million bond to fund the South Boulder Creek Food Mitigation Project without bringing it to residents for a vote in an election. “Arguably, the project’s $66 million price tag is the most expensive public works project ever undertaken in the city,” plaintiff and sout…
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