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The STEP Region is well served by a network of quality transportation systems. The transportation infrastructure in the region is a major factor in supporting its primary industries including the oil and gas industry, related oil and gas service industries, agriculture and tourism. Our integrated highway, rail and air systems allow for efficient delivery and transport of goods and people throughout the region.
Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor
Communities within the STEP Region are accessible via a larger Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor, which is strategically located, stretching via a series of High Load Corridors from the resource rich region of Northeast Alberta through to the U.S. border at the Wild Horse border crossing in Southeast Alberta, connecting to the Ports to Plains Corridor in the United States and Mexico.
The County of St. Paul offers global market access with its highway system. Primary Highways 36 and 41 are high load corridors that provide direct routes north to the South Athabasca Oil Sands and primary Highway 29 is a main east-west corridor running through north central Alberta.
Primary Highway 36, also known as Veterans Memorial Highway, is a major north-south corridor extending approximately 550 kms south of the County of St. Paul and ends just north of Alberta’s southern border with the United States. Alberta Provincial Highway 41, also known as the Buffalo Trail, extends north-south approximately 600 kms from the county to the United States border at Wild Horse.
Highway 28 is part of the high load corridor east of Highway 41 leading to oil sands projects in the Cold Lake region, and west off Highway 36 leading to the oil sands projects in the Fort McMurray region.
Our highways are vital in supporting commercial and industrial economic development throughout the region. All primary and secondary roadways within the region are paved.
The County of St. Paul is located approximately 220 kms northeast of Edmonton International Airport. Edmonton International Airport is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton region and is a major hub facility for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada. It is Canada’s largest major airport by total land area and the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic and by aircraft movements.
There are two regional airports within the County of St. Paul. The St. Paul Municipal Airport is an all-weather facility located approximately 3 kms west of St. Paul on Highway 29. The Airport has a runway of 3,498 feet in length and a width of 100 feet. The Elk Point Municipal Airport is an excellent facility located approximately 8 kms east of Elk Point on Secondary Highway 646. The airport has a runway of 4,492 feet in length and a width of 75 feet.
The region has railway service by Canadian National Railway (CNR) & Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Vermilion, just 90 kms south of the County on Highway 41, is a terminal point for the CNR, on a secondary main line connecting Edmonton to the west and Saskatoon to the east.
Linda Sallstrom
5015-49 Avenue
St. Paul, AB T0A 3A4
(780) 646-2975 lsallstrom@stepeconomicdevelopment.ca
