LANSING — Environmental groups opposing the Line 5 tunnel project are raising concerns about impacts on the local environment and quality of life during construction.

The groups say they remain worried about potential side effects of the project if approved, including disturbances from the six years of construction that the US Army Corps of Engineers estimates would take place.

“That would be up to six years and potentially more of constant construction noise, ongoing pollution from the traffic, from the trucking,” said Zoe Zeerip, coordinator of the Groundwork Center’s Great Lakes Business Network.

The Army Corps’ draft environmental impact statement says that the project would cause “direct, short-term, detrimental impacts” to water and land habitats, the nearby soundscape and to lo

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