By Laura Herberg, Justin A. Hinkley And Kelly House\/bridge Michigan The US Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of the controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. The project, which would divert a section of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline from the open waters of the Straits into a concrete tunnel beneath the lakebed, is \u201cnot contrary to the public interest\u201d and would not harm tribal treaty rights, the Army Corps said in announcing its permit. Nonetheless, the Corps noted the project would have adverse effects on endangered species and archaeological sites, that it would contribute to \u201clong-term impacts of habitat loss\u201d and have \u201clong-term detrimental impacts on land use.\u201d While the federal approval clears a big hurdle for the nearly decade-old proposal, don\u2019t expect shovels… <\/p>\n
By Laura Herberg, Justin A. Hinkley And Kelly House\/bridge Michigan The US Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of the controversial Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. The project, which would divert a section of the Line 5 petroleum pipeline from the open waters of the Straits into a concrete tunnel beneath the lakebed, is \u201cnot contrary to the public interest\u201d and would not harm tribal treaty rights, the Army Corps said in announcing its permit. Nonetheless, the Corps noted the project would have adverse effects on endangered species and archaeological sites, that it would contribute to \u201clong-term impacts of habitat loss\u201d and have \u201clong-term detrimental impacts on land use.\u201d While the federal approval clears a big hurdle for the nearly decade-old proposal, don\u2019t expect shovels... <\/p>\n