CAA
Only one road in Northwestern Ontario made the cut in the Canadian Automobile Association Worst Roads campaign.
Tokio Street in Thunder Bay finished fifth in voting in the North and East districts.
A total of 117 municipalities in Ontario saw roads in their communities nominated.
Voters shared their primary reasons for selecting a road, with 81 per cent citing potholes or crumbling pavement, followed by traffic congestion (11 per cent) and no or poor walking infrastructure (7 per cent).
Drivers accounted for most of the votes being cast, with cyclists and pedestrians accounting for about a quarter of the votes.
Jeff Walker is President and CEO of CAA North and East Ontario and says, “The cost of poor roads isn’t just to commerce and trade, but as our Poor Roads study showed this year, they also cost Canadian motorists more than $3 billion a year in operating costs.”