Support Grows For Pipeline Tunnel

As many have lined up in opposition to build a tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac, the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council supports the tunnel, saying it would create 600 to 1,000 jobs. Council secretary-treasurer Pat Devlin spoke with Michigan News Network.

“I think this proposal, as we reviewed it, through a construction perspective is probably one of the most safest things that can be done with Line 5,” Devlin said.

Devlin says he hopes Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer, who wants Line 5 shut down, can have a constructive dialogue with Speaker of the House-elect Lee Chatfield about the issue. He says there has to be an art of compromise brought back to the table.