Savion, the company proposing the 350-megawatt solar power project in North Dakota's Richland County, is hoping to address concerns from the Colfax Township Board to give the proposal a "path forward."
FARGO For those farming land on the wet side of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority's proposed Red River dam, persistent questions about how they would be compensated now has a clearer answer.
Richland and Wilkin counties have identified housing as the key priority for spending the settlement in their dispute with the Metro Flood Diversion Authority. Lawyers for the diversion estimated 'conservatively' that litigation delays were costing the project $70 million per year from inflation.
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This is a rendering of the inlet structure near Horace, N.D., looking downstream from the dam on the Red River that will be part of the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project. Special to The Forum
BARNESVILLE, Minn. A settlement agreement that will end lawsuits and issue permits related to the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project was signed Monday, Oct. 26, paving the way for the $2.75 billion project to proceed.
Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, chairman of the Metro Diversion Authority, called the agreement between the authority and upstream opponents to the diversion monumental.
He said judicial and legislative leaders in both North Dakota and Minnesota urged the two sides to find common ground in order to move forward with flood protection for the Fargo-Moorhead area, and that’s what the agreement does.
Fargo mayor: New diversion plan could be out in 30 days
FARGO, N.D. - After the release of a report from a task force seeking to make the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion more palatable to skeptics on Thursday, Jan. 18, Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said he expects to see a new diversion plan in the next 30 days. Written By: Tu-Uyen Tran | ×
An engineering team, in foreground, briefs North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton s diversion task force Wednesday, Nov. 29, at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Tu-Uyen Tran / Forum News Service
FARGO, N.D. - After the release of a report from a task force seeking to make the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion more palatable to skeptics on Thursday, Jan. 18, Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said he expects to see a new diversion plan in the next 30 days.