Spring 2018 – Summer 2019

Draft‑design studies and the public consultation process*

Hydro‑Québec is committed to working with the community for the duration of the project. Our team has pledged to keep the dialogue open with the local population at every stage of development.

Since 2018, we have repeatedly met with community representatives (MRCs, municipalities, regional organizations and regional branches of the different government departments affected by the project) as well as with many of the landowners affected by the proposed line route. Our aim has been to record their concerns, take them into account and make adjustments to the project wherever possible.

This kind of approach helps us come to the best solutions together.

To find out more about Hydro-Québec's public consultation process (in French only)

Summer 2019 – Fall 2020

Permitting

Hydro‑Québec filed an environmental impact assessmentThis link will redirect you to an external site. (in French only) for the project and various applications for government approvals.

The interconnection line will be subject to the provincial environmental impact assessment and review procedureThis link will redirect you to an external site. (in French only), which includes a review by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnementThis link will redirect you to an external site. (in French only) (office for public hearings on the environment) as well as an analysis by the Canada Energy RegulatorThis link will redirect you to an external site., given that the power line will cross an international border.

Summer 2023–fall 2025

Clearing and construction work

Site preparation work (upgrading roads and culverts and building access roads) will be carried out in summer 2023. Land clearing will begin in fall 2023, and major construction work (laying foundations, erecting towers and installing cables) will get underway in winter 2024.