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news, hundreds turned out in Ashland for public hearings this week on a proposed addition and reroute of the controversial line five pipeline.

The US Army Corps of Engineers held the hearings on a proposal by the Canadian Enbridge Energy Company to install 40 miles of new pipeline, seen in red in a reroute of line five around the bad River reservation.

As to the reroute, the tribe su ed Enbridge over concernsf leaks and ruptures affecting the watershed, and a federal judge ruled the company must remove the pipeline from tribal land by 2026.

Bad River does not want you there.

We're talking about lengthening our addiction and our commitment to using this thing to flow.

>> Oil and gas through it at a time when we need to be doing everything we can as fast as we can to stop that.

>> Those in favor say the pi peline is needed to maintain energy independence, is safe, an d will create jobs here in support of Enbridge to get line fi ve, the reroute underway, get these get these permits through.

>> So our members, a lot of tradesmen from northern Wisconsin and across the state can get to work on this project.

>> Without line five, there would be a significant impact to not only the fuel, but definitely the natural gas liquids that would raise prices.

It could cause shortages.

>> Currently, line five transports half a million transports half a million