Durango & Silverton
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Durango & Silverton loses bid to avoid La Plata County’s land regulation at train station
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission correctly determined La Plata County had the power to regulate the improvements to a tourist train station, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in rejecting the arguments of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. The issues brought to the Supreme Court largely stemmed from whether the county correctly…
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Durango & Silverton land-use dispute aired to Colorado Supreme Court
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After two trial judges and the state’s Public Utilities Commission confirmed La Plata County can regulate the physical changes made around a tourist train station, the Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments about whether to uphold the proceedings that have unfolded over the past four years. “We really wanted the county to get out of our…