Bridge Michigan
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Permitting delays have tacked on another year-and-a-half to the planned Line 5 tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac Assuming the project gets needed permits, construction won’t begin until 2026 at earliestThe tunnel was supposed to be completed in 2024 -
Beneath the clear water and beyond its shallow areas teeming with life, Church Lake is a dead zone- a chemical soup of phosphorus and road salt has left the water toxic and oxygen-deprived. -
Warming winters are changing the Great Lakes, but little is known about how those changes affect life beneath the surface. -
Decades of experiments with other options, from beet- and corn-based deicers to sand and chemical mixes, have yet to yield an alternative that's anywhere as effective and affordable.
