FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Some opponents of a Red River diversion project say construction has continued on a related ring levee south of Fargo even after a federal judge ordered workers to stop.
The levee would protect structures in the Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke areas where floodwaters would be staged when the diversion channel is needed. Judge John Tunheim earlier this month ordered the delay until an environmental study on the diversion is complete.
Marcus Larson, who lives in the Bakke area, says in court documents filed Friday that "the pace of construction has increased substantially" since the injunction was ordered. He says he has pictures to prove it.
The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority is appealing the injunction. One of its attorneys, Robert Cattanach, did not immediately return a phone message to The Associated Press.