Michigan Petroleum Association

“More than 15,000 Michiganders working at over 400 companies in each of the state’s 83 counties represented by our organization are connected to the kinds of products that move safely through Line 5. The Great Lakes Tunnel is absolutely essential to keeping those products moving, keeping them affordable, and protecting good jobs putting food on the table for Michigan families.”

Executive Director - Michigan Chemistry Council

“Building the Great Lakes Tunnel will ensure that Line 5 continues to safely supply our state with essential raw materials, including not only energy, but also ingredients for products everyone uses in their daily lives. We support the Great Lakes Tunnel because it supports the more than 80,000 jobs in Michigan's business of chemistry, and those jobs and those workers matter.”

Caroline Liethen - Director of Environmental and Regulatory Policy of the Michigan Manufacturers Association

“More than half a million workers power Michigan’s manufacturing industry, and many of those jobs are directly tied to Line 5 and the Great Lakes Tunnel. Safely building the Tunnel, burying Line 5 deep below the lakebed will protect the Great Lakes, and it’ll protect thousands of the state’s highest paying, most competitive jobs.”

Executive Director – Michigan Propane Gas Association

“Line 5 delivers the fuel that heats our homes and keeps Michigan business running. In fact, Line 5 alone delivers 55 percent of the state’s total propane supply. The Great Lakes Tunnel is the absolute best option to keep that fuel flowing, keep it affordable, protect our Great Lakes, and keep Michigan families warm and our economy moving.”

President & CEO – Michigan Chamber of Commerce

“Businesses and consumers across the state – not just the Upper Peninsula – rely on the jobs, the fuel, and the affordability of energy being safely transported right now through Line 5. Building the Great Lakes Tunnel will protect the Great Lakes better than ever, and protect Michigan’s economy, but some politicians in Lansing are trying to block it. Let’s stop playing politics, and start building the Tunnel. It’s the right thing to do.”

Executive Director of Labor Management Education Committee - Operating Engineers Local 324

“Michigan’s workers, our members, and their families rely on Line 5 to deliver jobs, paychecks, and the energy to rebuild Michigan’s infrastructure. Building the Great Lakes Tunnel ensures that it continues safer than ever.”

Business Manager - Michigan Laborers Union

“The solution is simple: support workers, protect our water, create good-paying jobs, and build the Great Lakes Tunnel.”

Jason Geer – President & CEO of the Michigan Oil And Gas Association

“The Great Lakes Tunnel is an essential part of Michigan's infrastructure future. Building the tunnel 100 feel below the lakebed will protect the Great Lakes and provide local Michigan businesses like ours the certainty we need to keep working in Michigan. The Great Lakes Tunnel safely delivers fuel to manufacturers, job makers, homes and others all over the state, while keeping thousands of heavy trucks off Michigan's crumbling roads.”

Mary Myers - Director of Business Development, Lake Superior Community Partnership’

“The Great Lakes Tunnel is essential to ensuring our families, homes and businesses safely get the energy they need. This is not an Upper Peninsula issue, this is critical to the entire state of Michigan. Building the tunnel will protect the Great Lakes which are important to all of us, and it’ll prevent spikes in the cost of fuel and energy for Michiganders.”