Highway
- includes an established vehicular highway route, currently being twinned to ensure future capacity
- a rail line linking parts of the region to points north
- eight major pipeline systems moving oil and gas and oilsands bitumen to oil processing and marketing hubs
- several airport facilities throughout the region to accommodate differing aircraft
- Highway 63 between Boyle, Grassland and Wandering River, the junction of Highways 63 and 55, and along the Al-Pac Connector Road.
- approximately 11,000 vehicles travel Highway 63 daily, predominately industrial/commercial traffic to and from the Fort McMurray region.
- numerous freight and heavy oil transport companies located in the area
- access across the Athabasca River provided via Al-Pac bridge – with a weighted capacity of 100,000 tonnes – servicing the oil industry in the MD of Opportunity.
Railway Transportation
Canadian National Railway Co. (CN Rail) – an international rail company providing the only rail service to Fort McMurray, with spur line to Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac).
Air
The Athabasca Airport (CYWM) is a registered Aerodrome located approximately 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) east and approximately 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) north of the town of Athabasca.
The Boyle airport is an all-weather facility, with a 3,000 foot by 60 foot runway (900 metres by 18 metres).
