Editor:

Michigan’s EGLE department will decide by July whether to permit the Great Lakes tunnel proposed in 2018. By extending Line 5 operation until the tunnel is ready, Enbridge makes $8 billion. The tunnel is an expensive bandaid for only 4 of Line 5’s 645 miles. If built, Michigan must own it for another century of oil to Sarnia. Enbridge plans to operate 78-year-old Line 5 while boring the tunnel directly below it — a dangerous six year undertaking. Enbridge chooses to risk the Great Lakes despite having an 11-year-old land route to Sarnia that could carry most of Line 5’s oil.

A Canadian oil company shouldn’t decide the Great Lakes’ fate. Michigan’s last chance to protect the Great Lakes from Enbridge exploitation is to stop Line 5 and its tunnel today. Urge Gov. Whitmer (517-335-7858) and EGLE (800-662-9278) to Just Say No.

Barbara Stamiris

Traverse City