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Enbridge retrieves rod from bottom of Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge says favorable weather conditions allowed it to deploy a remote-operated vehicle to remove the rod Saturday.

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — Enbridge says it has retrieved a 45-foot steel rod that was resting against an underwater oil pipeline where Lakes Michigan and Huron converge. 

The debris was in the Straits of Mackinac since September. That's when a borehole collapsed during work in advance of the construction of a tunnel to surround the pipes. 

Enbridge says favorable weather conditions allowed it to deploy a remote-operated vehicle to remove the rod Saturday. 

Under an agreement with Michigan, Enbridge will shut down the underwater segment of Line 5 and replace it with a pipe housed in a tunnel drilled through bedrock beneath the straits.   

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