CAA names 10 worst roads in Saskatchewan
CBC News | Posted: May 6, 2025 11:00 AM | Last Updated: May 6
Weather, aging roads, and traffic causing deterioration
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has released its annual list of the worst roads in Saskatchewan.
CAA says it asked drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from April 8 to April 29 about the worst roads in the province and, out of more than 1,200 roads that received votes, 10 were chosen.
Crumbling pavements, potholes, lack of maintenance and insufficient signs were some of the factors considered.
Here is CAA's list for 2025, including the main problem that landed the road in the Top 10:
- Saskatchewan 5, Buchanan - poor road 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 between Saskatchewan 35, Weyburn and Warman Road, Saskatoon - potholes.
Weather conditions, the age of roads, heavy traffic and lack of maintenance can cause deterioration, Angel Blair, manager of communications and public relations at CAA Saskatchewan, said in an interview with CBC Saskatchewan's The 306.
"In climates like Saskatchewan, when we have that freeze-thaw cycle, and that problem occurs when we get that rain and the snow that seeps through the cracks and then pumps up that pavement, it tends to heave," Blair said.
She said drivers told her if you bring some milk and a scoop of ice cream on some of these roads, by the end of the drive you'd have a milkshake.
"We hear time and again about these stories about real safety concerns and that's what we want to do. We want to bring attention to that," she said.