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There was an injunction halting construction; with a 14-day stay because the judge assumed it would be immediately appealed.

That was the concise summary in some venues.

In other venues, the summary was "There was an injunction halting construction; with a 14-day stay because the judge assumed it would be immediately appealed." For people that only dwelt in those silos, the appeal must be an unexpected shock, even if the judge's order explicitly assumed it would happen--and when it's reported that in a couple of days that construction activity had not immediately halted there'll be cries of "violation of court order!" But the stay is a stay, and the stay was intended to let the crews and logistics continue should the appellate court stay the injunction longer term. As has happened not infrequently.