Thornton water pipeline plans in ‘holding pattern’ after rejection from Larimer County

FORT COLLINS — The three Larimer County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to reject the Thornton pipeline application, leaving Thornton city leaders to mull their next moves in an ongoing effort to secure water from areas north of Fort Collins.

“We are more or less in a holding pattern,” Thornton communications director Todd Barnes said Tuesday. “We heard what (the county commissioners) said last night in the hearing. Now they are going to write up their decisions and provide the reasoning behind their reasoning.”

Barnes said it would be “wise for us to wait until…