Highway 307, with one section near Seven Sisters Falls and another near Rennie, tops the new list of Manitoba’s Worst Roads, compiled each year by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA).
This is the first time a rural road has taken the lead in the contestsaid CAA Manitoba government and community relations manager Heather Mack in a statement.
Not surprisingly, more and more rural roads make it into the list of 10 worst roads with each new iteration of the contest. said Ms. Mack.
Highway 307 was partially closed due to flooding over the Victoria Day weekend. Climate change is affecting our infrastructure […] We must be proactive and prepare our roads so that rural communities do not find themselves isolated. he says.
In the CAA interview, a resident of Otter Falls, located on Route 307, specified that the road is worse in the winter due to the presence of bumps in the roadway with frost. He said the province has installed alarms, but the problem has not been fixed.
” There are lumps and if you are not careful you will fly! “
Saskatchewan Avenue in Winnipeg ranks second because of the many potholes and lumps caused by the renovations. However, other criteria were considered by Manitobans who voted in the CAA contest.
Standards include lack of lanes for active transportation such as cycling, lack of safe roads, lack or poor quality of signage, design or maintenance of roads.
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Taylor Avenue in Winnipeg, which first entered in 2021, will no longer be among the 10 worst roads in Manitoba in 2022, thanks to renovations made by the City of Winnipeg. However, it is one of the 10 worst roads in Winnipeg, again according to the CAA.
This contest provides insight into the Manitobans road experience. We are glad to see some recurring roads going down or missing from our list thanks to adjustments made by local governments explained Heather Mack.
Source: Radio-Canada
