CAPX2020

Give yourself extra time if you're driving along I-94 near Clearwater today and tomorrow. Both right-hand lanes are closed just east of Clearwater to install guard structures and a temporary median barrier as part of the CapX2020 power line project.

Utility crews will start using a helicopter this week to string wires on poles along a high-voltage transmission line from Monticello to St. Cloud. Xcel Energy spokesman Tim Carlsgaard says the work is expected to begin Tuesday afternoon.

A Minnesota study of proposed power lines crossing the Mississippi River won't be ready until March, two months later than expected. State officials had hoped the draft statement would be released this month, but the work is taking longer than expected.

UNDATED -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is hosting a series of public hearings in Central Minnesota on the proposed new transmission line.

ST. CLOUD -- The massive power-line project known at CapX2020 is expected to provide thousands of jobs, and...