Line 5

To the editor:

The Line 5 Great Lakes tunnel proposal was approved by Gov. Snyder in 2018, allowing Line 5 to operate until the tunnel (expected in 2030) is completed. Line 5 will earn $6 billion in the decade awaiting the tunnel — whether or not it’s built. Enbridge has a land route to the same Ontario destination, safer but less profitable.

This first-in-the-world underwater oil tunnel will be bored directly below still-operating Line 5: a dangerous undertaking that risks the Great Lakes. Michigan taxpayers must own the completed tunnel bearing responsibility for 99 years of Canadian oil heading to Ontario.