A motion by the group Renew 81 For All to be heard by New York state's highest court has been denied by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.

The decision, made Friday, comes after an appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling in February that halted the demolition on the Interstate 81 project in Syracuse, dismissing the argument that environmental impact statements must account for potential regional traffic and population changes that the $100 billion Micron project will make in the coming years, as well as other air quality reviews.

The group Renew 81 For All has spent almost the last two years in a legal fight over the planned community grid project, which is one of the largest in state Department of Transportation history and looks to completely rework how I-81 goes through and around Syracuse and surrounding area.

Preliminary work has begun on Interstate 481, which will become I-81 for thru traffic.