It’s spring on the prairies, and that means the return of the popular CAA Saskatchewan Worst Roads campaign. Motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, runners, and transit riders can nominate and vote for their worst, unsafe roads from April 6 to 30, 2022 at caask.ca/worstroads. Road users can vote as more than one type of road user every 24 hours during this year’s campaign. The 2022 CAA Top Ten Worst Roads will be revealed on May 2, 2022.

Regina's 8th Avenue North was #2 on CAA's 2021 Top Ten Worst Roads.

Photo courtesy of Dale Edward Johnson, March 2022.

New to this year’s advocacy and safety campaign is CAA’s Worst Roads Roving Reporter, Dale Edward Johnson, an award-wining multi-media journalist. During the four-week campaign, Johnson will report from several CAA Top Ten Worst Roads locations from the past few years. Johnson’s reports will be featured during weekly news releases and via CAA Saskatchewan’s social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

The CAA Worst Roads site will include a Google Map Locater that visualizes vote distribution across the province. It will pinpoint the current locations of the nominated roads that are receiving votes. Weekly news releases will be provided by CAA Saskatchewan listing the current top ten worst roads, as well as updated Google Map Locater results. Photos of nominated worst roads will be accepted, but please keep safety in mind when voting for your worst, unsafe roads. Please, don’t engage with the CAA Worst Roads voting tool when driving.

Typically, potholes have been voted as the number one problem during the CAA Worst Roads campaigns.  However, other issues voted and noted, include crumbling pavement, cracks, general disrepair, poor signage, congestion, and unsafe infrastructure.

Saskatchewan is a land-locked province and has over 228,000 km of roads, more than any other province.  That’s a lot of roads to cover which is why the campaign exists: to invite as many road users as possible to nominate and vote for the roads – municipal or provincial – that are a safety concern to themselves and others.

Highway #33 was #7 on CAA's 2021 Top Ten Worst Roads.

Photo courtesy of Dale Edward Johnson, March 2022.

CAA’s Cost of Poor Roads in Canada study evaluates the costs to motorists of driving on poor road infrastructure in Canada. 650,000 kilometres of roads connect communities across Canada for business and everyday travel for work and leisure. When these roads are allowed to deteriorate, drivers pay the price. This study puts a dollar value on the incremental operating costs to Canadian motorists of driving on poor roads. Canadian drivers pay an average of $126 per vehicle per year in higher vehicle operating costs as a result of driving on poor-quality roads. This adds up to more than $1,250 over a 10-year lifespan of a car. In Saskatchewan, the annual cost per driver per vehicle is $97.

CAA Worst Roads is an online engagement campaign aimed at drawing attention to our province’s worst, unsafe roads.  At the end of the campaign, the top ten roads voted on are distributed to government and business leaders in hopes of sparking conversation and action.

 The CAA 2021 Worst Roads Top Ten list can be reviewed here.

Working towards safer roads for all road users is a priority for CAA Saskatchewan.

Christine Niemczyk,
Director, Corporate Communications & Public Relations
CAA Saskatchewan
306.791.4327
christine.niemczyk@caask.ca