The agreement protects the waters of the Straits and the Great Lakes in several ways, and makes a safe pipeline even safer. It will:
Included in the agreement is a commitment to explore the replacement of the Straits section of Line 5 with a tunnel under the lakebed that would contain a new pipeline. Placing a pipeline in a tunnel would reduce the likelihood of a release of oil into the Straits to near zero and eliminate the potential for an anchor strike.
