Boulder County asks judge to drop Denver Water lawsuit over Gross Reservoir

Attorneys for Boulder County asked a national justice Tuesday to disregard Denver Water’s lawsuit that claims the region is delaying the enlargement of the Gross Reservoir.

It’s a repetition of 2019, erstwhile the region defeated Denver Water successful authorities tribunal implicit a akin dispute. Because of that, argued David Hughes, an lawyer for Boulder County, the latest suit should beryllium dismissed.

Denver Water’s lawsuit, filed connected July 14, claims Boulder County commissioners are taking excessively agelong to o.k. a licence the inferior needs for the $464 cardinal enlargement of Gross Reservoir southwest of Boulder.

County officials said the suit caught them disconnected defender and now-public correspondence shows they had warned Denver Water aggregate times that respective outstanding questions astir the task remained unanswered.

Denver Water wants a national justice to regularisation that existing national support for the enlargement preempts immoderate oversight oregon authorization Boulder County mightiness have.

But the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled astir 2 years agone that the region has the permitting and regulatory authority, Boulder County representatives said Tuesday successful a release.

“A losing litigant deserves nary rematch aft a decision reasonably suffered, successful adversarial proceedings, connected an contented identical successful substance to the 1 helium subsequently seeks to raise,” Hughes wrote.

Denver Water representatives could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.