The Canadian Automobile Association of South Central Ontario (CAA) released the results of its annual Worst Roads campaign on Tuesday.
The campaign sees Ontario residents nominate and vote for roads in their communities in particularly poor condition. They can vote on issues ranging from traffic jams, potholes, bad road signs and traffic light times.
This year’s campaign nominated 3,000 roads in 182 Ontario municipalities, according to the CAA.
These are the roads that received the most votes and are called the worst to drive:
- Barton Street East, Hamilton, ON.
- Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, ON.
- Barker Street, Prince Edward County, ON.
- County Road 49, Prince Edward County, ON.
- Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON.
- Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, ON.
- Lake Shore Boulevard East, Toronto, ON.
- Finch Avenue West, Toronto, ON.
- Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, OH.
- Queen Street, Kingston, ON.
Barton Road East in Hamilton claims first place as the worst road in Ontario.
“After making its debut on the… list in 2019, Barton Street East ranked fifth, [then] third place and climbed to first place this year due to holes and severe alligator cracks in the pavement, “the CAA said in a statement issued Tuesday.
“It also ranks as Hamilton’s worst road for the third year in a row.”
Toronto’s Eglinton Avenue West and Prince Edward County’s Barker Street finished second and third, respectively.
Of the ten worst roads, five can be found in the Greater Toronto area. The CAA said this year’s list included twice as many roads in Toronto as last year.
To see which roads received the most votes in each region, click here.
COORDINATED VOICE
CAA Assistant Vice President for Government and Community Affairs Teresa Di Felice told CTV News Toronto that the ultimate goal of the campaign was to “give people a coordinated, shared voice to deliver their message.”
“It can be a challenge as an individual to hear your voice – especially on infrastructure,” she added. “But we know the campaign is working.”
Last year, Prince Edward County residents banded together to make Victoria Road claim the title of Ontario’s worst road.
Residents went so far as to put up an LED sign on the road encouraging others to vote.
Their efforts were rewarded when County Mayor Edward Steve Ferguson announced that the city council had allocated funds for the repair and maintenance of Victoria Road in its 2021 budget, adding that “the council is responsive and agile in dealing with changing situation “.
“They have come together,” Di Felice said, noting that Victoria Road did not appear on the list this year.
Di Felice said she was grateful that the campaign could be used as a tool to improve the community for Ontario residents.
“We are pleased that people are finding value in the campaign to hear their voice and use it as a tool to inform decision makers what they think, feel and want about the infrastructure in their communities.”
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