The Municipal Roads Coalition is comprised of the following organizations. Canadian Automobile Association Ontario, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Ontario Motor Coach Association, Ontario Road Builders Association and Ontario Trucking Association. Each year they allow Ontario citizens to voice their oppinions on the subject of which munipal roads they deem the absolute worst, then visit them to make the final declaration of "The Worst Road In Ontario". The nominees are...
Municipality Vote Count of 5000
City of Ottawa 884
City of Toronto 693
City of London 436
City of Hamilton 265
City of Kingston 262
And the winner is... (drumroll please!)
1. Steeles Avenue West Toronto/Region of York
Steeles Ave East and West-Toronto got 4% of the total provincial vote. One citizen described the street this way.
Potholes, after potholes after potholes, its like driving through a bombed out road and its getting worse every year. In some areas the road seems to have caved in with the amount cars that drive on this road. I always see people stop on the side of the road to see if there tires are flat.
And now the rest of the top 20:
2. Carling Avenue City of Ottawa
This is a terrible road to travel on... cracks, potholes, sinking manholes covers, etc... I'm tired of driving this stretch of road and putting that constant abuse on the car... please fix this tired road system!
3. Albert Street Township of Norwich
4. Division Street City of Kingston
My car trembles when it sees this stretch of street ahead of it. The only benefit of all the bumps is that it shakes all the snow off my car in the winter.
5. Western Road City of London
Too narrow, pot holes, large crackes, poor edges, sinking edges, cars dislike using outside lanes due to pot holes, cracks, etc, therefore taking longer . This is the road to University Hospital and Western University, what a disgrace for visitors to our city to have to experience. Let alone us citizens everyday.
6. Paris Street City of Greater Sudbury
7. Limebank Road City of Ottawa
Limebank Rd- Ottawa. One citizen described the street this way.
Very narrow road with narrow sloped shoulders. Three cars in the ditch this week alone (including one police car) and not even bad driving conditions. Also very dangerous for cyclists
8. Oliver Street City of Thunder Bay
9. Buchanan Avenue City of Hamilton
Hamiltonians were less definative as to our least favourite street, maybe because there is alot of contenders, expecially in the industrial east end. Both Barton St. and Burlington Ave. placed in the top five in the city, but it was the Mountain's own Buchanan Ave that topped the list. One unhappy resident described the pit of a street this way.
A patchwork of loose asphalt filler. Unable to ride a bike down the street . Pieces of asphalt breaking off all over.
10. Bathurst Street City of Toronto
cracks the size of craters, potholes, bumpy curb lanes with lots of ruts
11. John Counter Blvd. City of Kingston
John Counter Blvd and Division St-Clearly Kingston's pick for worst intersection. The two streets combined for a scary 40% of Kington's votes. One Kingston native described the insection this way
This is a major east/west access in Kingston and at most times during the day is congested. The road is in drastic condition (very rough) and narrow. It is the main road to the VIA and Bus Stations and several other industrial and commercial facilities and therefore is heavily used. Traffic also gets backed up due to a level railway crossing at various times
12. Welland Avenue Region of Niagara
13. Blackwell Road City of Sarnia
14. King Street City of London
King St-In London 21% of city voters gave this pot hole ridden street their thumbs down. The street was described this way.
Very dreadful to drive along if you use it daily. I have to use this road everyday to deliver parcels to Downtown shops. I can't drive more than 40km/h on King Street or all of the fragile packages will likely break. They need to repave this road now!
15. Laurier Crescent Town of Kapuskasing
16. Fennell Avenue East City of Hamilton
Inside lane is full of pothole. Disgusting can drive my car on inside lane or I will have no suspension left
17. Mapleview Street City of Barrie
18. Carleton Street City of St. Catharines
19. Notre Dame Avenue City of Greater Sudbury
20. MacLean Drive City of Timmins
To see how your street faired, click the top link to view the complete lists.
Later,
Kenaz
