The publicly owned utility aims to build a new direct current line in order to improve retention of power as it is transmitted, while also increasing security on the province's system. Concerns about weather events means that an additional corridor would decrease risk to the transmission system.

The dates and locations are posted on Manitoba Hydro's web site and on the Manitoba Wildlands calendar.

Controversy about route options for Bi Pole III has been evident in the Manitoba Legislature and some media outlets. Manitoba's NDP government announced in 2007 that the province's intact east side boreal region would not be transected by hydro lines and corridors, and directed Manitoba Hydro to proceed with a corridor on the west side of the province.