Open Letter to Permitters,

We strongly support Line 5 and the Great Lakes Tunnel, and urge you to grant the permits necessary to begin construction.

Since the permitting process began 5 years ago, Enbridge has conducted more than 40,000 hours of survey work in the Straits, providing their results to permitters.  This has been one of the most comprehensive project reviews in Michigan’s history.

It’s time to grant the permits.

The Great Lakes Tunnel will be built safely, and what’s more, it will make an already safe Line 5 pipeline even safer by getting a portion of the line out of the water and into a tunnel deep below the lakebed.

State experts have concluded that the risk of a spill into the straits from the Tunnel is “virtually zero.”

Line 5 delivers up to 23 million gallons per day of the fuel Michigan and surrounding states use to gas up their cars, power their equipment at work, and create jobs. 

The Great Lakes Tunnel is not just an energy project-it's a strategic infrastructure investment for Michigan.

We are asking you to move forward immediately with permitting for the project.