FLAGSTAFF — A daylong attempt to resolve a dispute over paving the road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk ended without an agreement, AP reports.
Nigel Turner, who owns a tourist ranch along Diamond Bar Road, wants a chance to review the road plans and assurances that the project will include elements such as fencing, cattle guards, underpasses and entrances to his property. Those amenities were agreed upon in the 2007 settlement of a federal lawsuit he filed over the project, he said.
The federal government contends that Turner never was given the right to approve road designs and has improperly built on the government’s easement.
The two sides met Thursday in mediation but left without coming to agreement. The impasse means a federal judge could hear a request from Turner for a temporary restraining order to halt the road project for at least 30 days. A hearing date hasn’t been set.
