CAA launches worst road in Quebec campaign for 2022

The Quebec branch of the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has launched its 7th annual vote for the worst roads in the province.

The Quebec branch of the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has launched its seventh annual vote for the worst roads in the province.

The aim, said Nicolas Ryan, head of public affairs at CAA, is to hold elected officials accountable and to give residents a voice.

“The biggest prize is having money invested in their streets in their municipalities,” he explained.

Residents like those in the Town of Hudson, west of Montreal, will be voting, too.  For them, the state of some of their roads, like Main Street, is such that it’s often the butt of jokes.

“They’re pretty rotten, some roads,” laughed resident David Langlois, “but they do a good job of keeping the traffic speed down.”

Mike Havard, who also lives in the town, agrees but joked that he’s more forgiving.

“For one thing I drive a Subarub, which was designed specifically for these roads,” he quipped.  “So I’m having a lot of fun.”

Perhaps more people would be laughing, though, if they didn’t think the potholes on sections of Main Street, for example, were so dangerous.