Barriers remain
Daily Mining Gazette/Layla Aslani
A hearing was held Friday regarding the barricades on the former Soo Line railroad grade between Houghton and Chassell. The landowners have been given and additional 14 days to remove the obstruction. From left, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Harold Martin, defense attorney Caroline Bridges and defendants Naomi Leukuma and Matt Kiilunen are in seen in court Friday.
HOUGHTON — Landowners who erected barricades on the former Soo Line railroad grade between Houghton and Chassell have been given another 14 days to remove the obstructions. During a hearing Friday, Acting Houghton County Circuit Court Judge Charles Goodman denied the defendant’s request for a stay, which would have allowed them to keep the barricades up pending an appeal. He said if the barriers are not removed within 14 days, the Department of Natural Resources will be allowed to remove the barriers at the expense of the landowners or request that local law enforcement remove them. Goodman said he felt the 14 days would allow the landowners enough time to remove the barriers safely and completely. He added that given the long history of the case, another two weeks should not be a problem. “I don’t think an additional two weeks is going to burden anyone,” he said. The debate over the trail started when the landowners, Eric and Naomi Leukuma, Matt and Mary Kiilunen and Roswell and R
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