Calling the BS on L5 / MI planFull Article:
https://www.mackinac.org/gov-whitmers-inadequate-line-5-replacement-plan Conclusion
The governor’s plan will increase costs, as well as the risk of accidents and spills associated with propane deliveries. Additionally, the plan to expand rail capacity in the U.P. will not address the lost jobs in refineries across the region — in Detroit, Toledo, Ontario and Quebec. This plan does not address the rising costs of gasoline and jet fuels in the region. It does not address the fact that Michigan will be viewed as an untrustworthy trading partner by business and elected officials in Canada and across the Midwest.
Gov. Whitmer has mandated that Enbridge cease shipments through the pipeline in just over two months. Even if the governor’s plan could actually lessen the damage imposed by her own restrictive energy policies, there is no way proposed spending for the 2022 budget could develop rail and storage capacity by the May 2021 shutdown date for Line 5. Northern Michigan residents will be forced to endure at least one full winter season before any of the planned rail and storage spending can even begin to take effect.
This latest plan from the Whitmer administration is clearly a rushed, bandaid solution to a problem that the governor has created herself. The Whitmer administration must take a step back from its dogged anti-Line 5 campaign and encourage the construction of the Line 5 tunnel. Doing this would have the twofold effect of quickly removing the pipeline from the Great Lakes while also maintaining essential energy infrastructure.