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Micoua-Saguenay transmission line construction site, in the city of Saint-Honoré in Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean, january 2022. (Photo Hydro-Québec) Micoua-Saguenay transmission line construction site, in the Shipshaw sector of the city of Saguenay, August 2021. (Photo Hydro-Québec)

Micoua-Saguenay line construction site, campement à Labrieville en HauteCôte-Nord, January 2021 (Photo Hydro-Québec)
worksites along the way, while keeping in mind
Our teams are working hard to our number one priority which remains the health

deliver this project and are proud
and safety of our workers and everyone around the
to take part in such a
sites. There are 588 electric poles and each of them
big endeavor. is a separate construction site and this needs to be

done in a precise order.
have resulted in increased power flow along the

lines in the Manic–Québec corridor towards the “Our teams are working hard to deliver this project

major load centers, making the new line necessary.” and are proud to take part in such a big endeavor,”

says Rousseau.
All Hydro-Québec clients will benefit from this

project as it aims to reenforce the transmission The commissioning of the new line is scheduled for
network’s reliability across the province. The main 2023.

challenge in the realization of this project is in

the length of the line. It is 262 kilometres long, www.hydroquebec.com/projects/micoua-saguenay-line
which means we need to manage many different

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