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Highway #9 by Canora cracks CAA Worst Roads List

A Highway that is all too familiar to drivers in the Yorkton area has been named one of Saskatchewan’s worst roads.
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Part of Highway 9 in Canora. (Photo by Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
A Highway that is all too familiar to drivers in the Yorkton area has been named one of Saskatchewan’s worst roads.
 
Highway 9 by Canora tied for 10th on a recent survey by CAA that identified ten roadways that, according to motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians, are the worst in the province.
 
Fifty per cent of the roadways are in either Regina or Saskatoon, with eight out of the top 10 roads appearing on the annual list for the first time.
 
1. Highway 4, Dorintosh
2. 8th Avenue North, Regina
3. Highway 9, Hudson Bay (Ranked fifth in 2018)
4. 52nd Street East, Saskatoon
5. Highway 340, Hafford
6. Grant Drive, Regina (Ranked eighth in 2019)
7. Highway 33, Regina
8. Highway 13, Shaunavon
9. 20th Street West, Saskatoon
10. 3-way tie: Highway 35, Weyburn; Highway 3, Hudson Bay; Highway 9, Canora
 
“That’s the purpose of the program is to talk about roads out there that are a safety concern,” Christine Niemczyk, director of communications with CAA Saskatchewan, said. “Being that we’re a landlocked province, it’s always good to hear from all types of road users in the province which ones they found, and as you said, we do have some newbies that we haven’t had nominated or voted on previously.”
 
“Predominately the reasons why we hear from motorists and the concern for their safety is crumbling pavement, poor infrastructure, and potholes,” she said.
 
According to the CAA’s Cost of Poor Roads in Canada Study, over ten years on the roadway in Saskatchewan, poor infrastructure will cost motorists about $97 per year or just shy of $1,000 within in a decade.