DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board has denied landowners’ request to halt construction of an oil pipeline beyond this week.

The three-member board voted Thursday afternoon against a lengthy stay of construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on parcels of 14 landowners while a court considers a lawsuit they’ve filed. That lawsuit challenges the board’s authority to allow eminent domain for a privately owned pipeline project.

Chairwoman Geri Huser says the board concluded landowners have little likelihood of success in their court case and that Dakota Access would be financially harmed by construction delays.

The landowners plan to appeal the board’s action to district court.

The board’s order preventing the Texas-based pipeline owners from doing work on the 14 parcels until Monday remains in place.