A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Denver Water, allowing the unfinished expansion of Gross Reservoir near Denver to move forward. The three-judge panel's decision overturns a lower court ruling that had stopped construction on the project.
The court's reasoning was not detailed in the source, but the ruling marks a significant legal victory for the water utility and federal agency, which had defended the project against the earlier challenge. The lower court's opinion had previously put the expansion on hold.
With this decision, work on the dam expansion can resume. The source does not specify the broader environmental or legal arguments at stake, only that the appeals court sided with the project's backers.