No Ottawa roads on CAA’s annual worst roads list

The Canadian Automobile Association has released its list of the worst roads in Ontario.

The worst road in our region is Letts Cemetery Road, near Eganville, but a few roads in Ottawa were also named and shamed.

“Three-quarters of the people (who) voted, or nominated, cited potholes as their major concern,” said Mandy Chepeka, CAA Northern and Eastern Ontario.

CAA releases its Worst Roads List each year, determined by online submissions from the public, to try to shame governments into improving road conditions. It's rare that no Ottawa road makes the provincial top ten, in the annual road ranking by drivers.

“Take that as you will, that could be a good thing,” Chepeka told 1310 NEWS. “Maybe our roads are improving.”

But Chepeka notes, participation was relatively unchanged from last year in eastern Ontario, while overall the CAA received a record number of submissions from other parts of the province.

Listen to the full conversation with Communications Manager with CAA North & East Ontario Mandy Chepeka on The Rick Gibbons Show:

Ontario's Top 10 Worst Roads 2018:

1.    Burlington Street East, Hamilton
2.    County Road 49, Prince Edward County
3.    Duckworth Street, Barrie
4.    Avondale Road, Belleville
5.    Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto
6.    Drummond Road, Niagara Falls
7.    Dufferin Street, Toronto
8.    McLeod Road, Niagara Falls
9.    Pelham Road, St. Catharines
10.  Lockhart Road, Innisfil

CAA North and East Ontario Regional Top 10 Worst Roads 2018:

1.    Letts Cemetery Road, Eganville, Ontario
2.    Maley Dr., Sudbury
3.    Lorne Street, Sudbury
4.    Carling Ave., Ottawa
5.    Nelson Street, Pembroke
6.    Mitch Owens Road, Ottawa
7.    Hunt Club Road, Gloucester
8.    Boundary Road East, Pembroke
9.    Marshall Avenue East, North Bay
10.  West Hunt Club Road, Nepean 

CAA will present the top ten to local and provincial governments in effort to get the roads fixed.