Manitobans voted on the worst road in the province. Find out what they chose

Provincial Street 307 – a highway connecting Seven Sisters Falls by way of Whiteshell Provincial Park – has been given the notorious title of Manitoba’s worst highway.

“There are a variety of explanation why Manitobans nominate one thing because the worst highway,” stated Heather Mack, CAA Manitoba’s supervisor of presidency and group providers, at a Tuesday information convention.

“It might be potholes. It might be crumbling pavement. These are the obvious indicators, however there are different points like poor highway indicators or insufficient biking infrastructure that they care about.”

CAA Manitoba introduced the winner of its 2022 Worst Roads contest on Tuesday, saying that is the primary time a rural highway topped the checklist.

“Voters cited quite a few issues [with PR 307], together with crumbling pavement, roads that heave in the course of the winter, potholes and different severe considerations,” Mack stated.

“The highway can be at the moment underwater, so it's susceptible to the results of flooding.”

A complete of 417 roads have been nominated as a part of the marketing campaign, with Winnipeg roads taking on six spots within the prime 10 worst roads checklist.

The complete prime 10 worst roads checklist for 2022 is:

1. 
   PR 307
2. 
   Saskatchewan Avenue in Winnipeg
3. 
   Waller Avenue in Winnipeg
4. 
   PTH 34 in Pilot Mount/Crystal Metropolis
5. 
   18th Road in Brandon
6. 
   PTH 44 from Lockport to Whitehsell
7. 
   Leila Avenue in Winnipeg
8. 
   Kenaston Boulevard in Winnipeg
9. 
   Dawson Street North in Winnipeg
10. 
    Goulet Road in Winnipeg

Based on CAA, Taylor Avenue, which was voted the worst highway final yr, dropped off the provincial prime 10 checklist. Nevertheless, it nonetheless made the checklist of prime 10 worst roads in Winnipeg, which incorporates:

1. 
   Saskatchewan Avenue
2. 
   Waller Avenue
3. 
   Leila Avenue
4. 
   Kenaston Boulevard
5. 
   Dawson Street North
6. 
   Goulet Road
7. 
   Taylor Avenue
8. 
   Portage Avenue
9. 
   Nairn Avenue
10. 
    Empress Road

Roads that made the checklist for worst southern Manitoba roads are:

1. 
   PR 307
2. 
   PTH 34
3. 
   18 Road in Brandon
4. 
   PTH 44
5. 
   PR 250
6. 
   Important Road in Selkirk
7. 
   Trans-Canada Freeway in Brandon
8. 
   PTH 23 in Morris
9. 
   PTH 12
10. 
    PR 450

Different notable mentions embody Lorne Avenue West being voted the worst highway in Portage la Prairie and PTH 6 being voted Thompson’s worst highway.

Manitobans voted PR 432 as Morden’s worst highway and Loewen Boulevard because the worst highway in Steinbach.

Mack famous the Worst Roads marketing campaign was designed to permit Manitobans to appoint problematic roads to be able to assist affect change.

“Over the approaching months, we’ll work with decision-makers to be sure that all of our nominated roads are on their radar,” she stated.