A proposed natural gas pipeline could run through Michigan on its way to the Canadian border.
ET Rover, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, is planning a pipeline that would run through about 180 miles of Michigan. Some of it would track the same route as the controversial Enbridge 6-B pipeline that was recently replaced.
The company has sent out about 15,000 letters to landowners on and around the proposed line, asking for permission to do land surveys.
ET Rover will then submit a plan to the federal government for review. Vicki Granado is the company's spokesperson.
"It’s important to Energy Transfer that we reach out and communicate and meet people and we talk to them," said Granadao. "It’s also important that as we do work in these communities, that we are very respectful of people’s property and of all of the environmental concerns."
Jeff Insko is a landowner in Oakland County whose backyard was torn up for the Line 6B project.
"The prospect of having to go through it all over again is utterly demoralizing," said Insko. "People are disheartened and some of them are angry; some of them are stubborn and ready to fight."
ET Rover will hold an open house tonight in Fenton to update residents on the proposal.
– Reem Nasr, Michigan Radio Newsroom
