FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, downtown Reno, Nev., is seen as a truck passes a crane in southeast Reno on a construction access road to a stretch of a new six-lane bypass road, planned to connect east Sparks and south Reno. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the latest attempt to halt construction of the major road bypass project under construction on the edge of Reno. The appellate court in San Francisco issued a three-paragraph ruling Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, denying a group of citizens' request for a preliminary injunction to stop construction of the $290 million "Southeast Connector."(AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)