Minnesota’s Line 3 Replacement Project is continuing to move through the lengthy regulatory process. Enbridge community engagement advisor Laura Kirchner is hopeful construction can begin next year. Agriculture competes with the petroleum industry for rail cars. Kirchner says that is another reason for the Line 3 Replacement Project. “We have farmers in northwest Minnesota that can’t get their commodities on rail and couldn’t get fertilizer this year because those rail lines are locked with oil moving on them. For us to replace Line 3 and get it back up to original capacity will really help with what moves on rail. That is also the safer way to transport crude oil, underground through steel pipes.” Enbridge was part of the Minnesota Ag Energy Alliance exhibit at Farmfest, promoting the 811 Call Before You Dig law.
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