Thornton seeks new pipeline permit to get Cache La Poudre water

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ornton is trying again to receive a 1041 permit from Larimer County for their long-anticipated ornton Water Project, sta announced at their July 18 planning session meeting.

ey hope to complete the project by 2027.

e move comes after ornton was denied the permit previously by Larimer County Commissioners. e city sued for the decision to be overturned but was denied the permit again by the Colorado Court of Appeals.

To get the water, ornton needed to apply for a 1041 permit to build the project and have it approved by the Larimer County Commission.

e Larimer County Planning Commission voted to deny the permit on May 16, 2018. In response, ornton worked to address the concerns raised by the Commission.

ornton then submitted a revised application, which included changing the preferred route to a di erent corridor approach that was recommended by the Commission.

With the new edits, the Commission