Consider the alternative. If we were to transport the same amount of product by tanker truck, an estimated 2,100 trucks would need to travel east every day on US-2 from Superior to transport products currently carried by Line 5.

From wildlife protection strategies, to Horizontal Directional Drilling, to using pre-existing corridors of activity, to habitat restoration, we work hard to minimize our long-term impact to land along our pipeline routes.

We’re contributing to GHG emission reductions goals and seeking new and improved ways to deliver energy safely, responsibly and sustainably.

We take care to limit our footprint, and actively manage potential effects on communities and the environment, as we build our pipeline projects.

The Washburn Fire Department in Wisconsin now has battery-powered hydraulic tools for life-saving vehicle extrication work. The portability of these tools, partially funded by a Safe Community First Responder Program grant from Enbridge, is critical when seconds count, says fire chief Mark: “A big improvement for our department. And there’s nothing on a car we can’t cut with them.”

Copper Falls State Park is a 600-acre jewel in northern Wisconsin. A pair of Enbridge grants will help connect local communities to this majestic park by establishing a new walking and cycling trail: “We can all work together to create a project that we can all be proud of—that all of us can use.”

“We’re practicing for the scenarios that we hope will never happen.” Chief Scott Gordon of the Superior, WI, Fire Department says he knows of no other mutual aid groups with emergency response preparedness like the Superior Petroleum Partnership.