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WEEK OF MARCH 30, 2023
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Brighton’s Engineer tells Nebraska Colorado has right to South Platte River flow Water Tower Park fields getting a $4.2 million makeover BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
neering firm makes multiple assumptions that Colorado disputes, in particular whether the water will be “physically available, or whether it’s legally available at the time when it’s physically available,” Rein said in an interview. The Nebraska study “does not adequately consider future
In relatively quick succession, Brighton City Councilors spent $4.2 million March 21, all aimed at giving the city another lighted athletic field. Councilors agreed to five resolutions at their regular meeting all aimed at converting the city’s athletic fields at Water Tower Park into a water-sipping, lighted, fenced athletic complex. “Too frequently, we don’t have the resources to do the right job the first time,” Councilor Clint Blackhurst said. “This time we do, and I think the only thing that’s missing here is some work on the parking lot area — but that is secondary. This is essentially going to be a new facility, not just an upgrade to the fields,
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Jordan Harman is gathering the macroinvertebrate from the South Platte River for testing the water quality. BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado’s state water engineer has a message for the Nebraska officials doubling down on their commitment to a $567 million canal across the border: You can build it, but the water may not come. Colorado state engineer Kevin
Rein acknowledges a historic compact gives Nebraska the right to build the canal at the South Platte River west of Julesburg. But in a five-page response to Nebraska’s first official evaluation of the plan, tacking closely to the direction set by Colorado’s attorney general, Rein says the actual water Nebraska is counting on may never show up. The Nebraska report by an engi-
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