The need for a natural gas pipeline to be built through Lapeer County has been eliminated because of a deal between ET Rover and an existing pipeline owner. Rover Pipeline, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, announced the route change in a press release yesterday, bringing relief for residents and townships along the proposed route. The pipeline would still be partly constructed in Michigan but not in Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, Shiawassee and St. Clair counties.

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