CAA names 10 worst roads in Saskatchewan

CBC News

· Posted: May 06, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has released its yearly database of the worst roads successful Saskatchewan.

CAA says it asked drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from April 8 to April 29 astir the worst roads successful the province and, retired of much than 1,200 roads that received votes, 10 were chosen. 

Crumbling pavements, potholes, deficiency of maintenance and insufficient signs were immoderate of the factors considered. 

Here is CAA's database for 2025, including the main occupation that landed the roadworthy successful the Top 10: 

• Saskatchewan 5, Buchanan - mediocre roadworthy maintenance.
• Saskatchewan 339, Avonlea - potholes.
• Saskatchewan 4, Dorintosh - potholes.
• 5th Avenue NW, Moose Jaw - potholes. 
• Saskatchewan 2, Cudworth - potholes.
• Saskatchewan 47, Springside - potholes.
• Saskatchewan 102, La Ronge - potholes.
• Saskatchewan 123, Petaigan/Ravendale/Pemmican Portage - potholes.
• Tie between 13th Avenue Northwest, Moose Jaw and Coteau Street West, Moose Jaw - potholes.
• Tie brtween Saskatchewan 35, Weyburn and Warman Road, Saskatoon - potholes.

Weather conditions, the property of roads, dense traffic and deficiency of attraction tin origin deterioration, Angel Blair, manager of communications and nationalist relations astatine CAA Saskatchewan, said successful an interrogation with CBC Saskatchewan's The 306.

"In climates similar Saskatchewan, erstwhile we person that freeze-thaw cycle, and that occupation occurs erstwhile we get that rainfall and the snowfall that seeps done the cracks and past pumps up that pavement, it tends to heave," Blair said.

She said drivers told her if you bring immoderate beverage and a scoop of crystal pick connected immoderate of these roads, by the extremity of the thrust you'd person a milkshake. 

"We perceive clip and again astir these stories astir existent information concerns and that's what we privation to do. We privation to bring attraction to that," she said.