Michigan regulators approve $500M pipeline tunnel project under channel linking 2 Great Lakes
FILE - This July 19, 2002, file photo, shows the Mackinac Bridge that spans the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City, Mich. Michigan regulators have approved a $500 million plan to encase a portion of an oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. The state Public Service Commission on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, approved the proposal for the tunnel through the Straits of Mackinac. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Michigan officials approved a $500 million plan Friday to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, leaving just one more regulatory hurdle for the contentious project.
The state's three-person Public Service Commission approved the project in the Straits of Mackinac on a 2-0 vote. Commissioner Alessandra Carreon abstained, noting she just joined the commission four months ago.
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