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Enbridge to spend $7b to replace pipeline

Enbridge is getting ready for it’s biggest project ever and spending $7-billion  to replace a pipeline from Manitoba to Wisconsin.

The energy company and its U.S. affiliate will replace Line 3; Enbridge calls it a key piece of infrastructure that moves Alberta’s crude east.

The company’s CEO says it’ll be finished in the second half of 2017 and it’ll be a “buffer” to make sure the system stays reliable.

The 46 year-old line crosses the Canada-U.S. border at Gretna, Manitoba to Superior, Wisconsin, but it won’t need presidential approval which reduces the possibility of delays.