A $453-million Manitoba-Minnesota power transmission project has started ahead of schedule.
In June, Ottawa approved the line — which stretches from a point northwest of Winnipeg across the United States border — as long as Manitoba Hydro could meet certain conditions.
Hydro spokesperson Bruce Owen says conditions relating to Indigenous communities and groups impacted by the project have been met.
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He says the Crown corporation received approval for an accelerated construction schedule last week.
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Owen adds that concrete foundations are to be built and ground clearing is to begin in September.
He says the project is scheduled to be up and running next June.
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