The Manitoba- Minnesota power transmission line project has started ahead of schedule.
Ottawa approved the $453-million project in June, barring that Manitoba Hydro could meet certain conditions.
Bruce Owen, with Hydro, says that the conditions relating to Indigenous communities and groups impacted by the project have been met.
He says the Crown corporation got the approval for early construction last week.
Owen adds that the concrete foundations are already under construction and ground clearing is to begin next month.
The hydro line is set to be up and running next summer.
