Union leaders lauded the news, saying it is well timed to provide good construction jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and related unemployment.
“Thousands of our friends and neighbors across Minnesota look forward to using their construction skills to protect our environment and communities by replacing an existing deteriorating pipeline,” Joel Smith, state president of Laborers’ International Union of North America, told the Star Tribune.
Although Enbridge did not give a start date, Smith said he expects crews to begin working in the coming days. The project is due to be complete before the end of next year.
