Update: The CAA results are in for 2009 and Toronto’s roads figure prominently in the Ontario’s top 20 worst roads. Ontario’s road users have voted and named their Top 20 worst roads in the Ontario’s Worst Roads Campaign.
This year’s (2009) Top 20 Worst Roads in Ontario are:
| Rank - | Highway, Road, Street, Avenue & Drive | Municipality |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Steeles Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
| 2 |
Ritson Road
|
City of Oshawa |
| 3 |
Burlington Street
|
City of Hamilton |
| 4 |
Palmer Road
|
City of Belleville |
| 5 |
Finch Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
| 6 |
Dufferin Street
|
City of Toronto |
| 7 |
Carling Avenue
|
City of Ottawa |
| 8 |
Vermillion Lake Road
|
City of Greater Sudbury |
| 9 |
Lawrence Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
| 10 |
St. Clair Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
| 11 |
Riverside Drive
|
City of Ottawa |
| 12 |
Brock Street
|
City of Kingston |
| 13 |
Victoria Park Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
| 14 |
Regent Street
|
City of Greater Sudbury |
| 15 |
Highway 401
|
(Province of Ontario – Greater Toronto Area stretch) |
| 16 |
Wharncliffe/Western Road
|
City of London |
| 17 |
Wellington Street
|
City of St. Thomas |
| 18 |
Kingston Road
|
City of Toronto |
| 19 |
Denistoun Street
|
City of Welland |
| 20 |
Eglinton Avenue
|
City of Toronto |
In CAA Ontario Worst Roads survey in 2008, the City of Toronto was only mentioned three (3) times (out of the top 20) and has managed to increase that number to nine (9) spots out of the top 20 in the 2009 survey. Steeles Avenue, is still maintaining the number one (1) position, as it was last year as well. Lawrence Avenue was in 13th place in 2008 and has managed to take the 9th position in 2009.
It is the driver’s on Ontario’s highways, roads, streets, avenues and drives that have weighed in on this question and have given the government something to consider, when it comes to road repair and resource prioritization.
