Enbridge Inc. launched work Monday on the $2 billion Minnesota leg in its Line 3 oil pipe replacement project after receiving the final state permit required for construction.

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“With all the permits in hand we can now start,” said Enbridge Vice President Vern Yu. He did not specify a date or location. However, the company notified landowners that activity would begin immediately along the 340-mile route across the state.

In Alberta, the source for most production in the company’s international oil network, Energy Minister Sonya Savage called the construction start “a crucial milestone particularly given the challenges the project has faced.”

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ended a six-year regulatory ordeal by granting the last permit, which approved an...