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Local roads among the worst of the worst Brookdale, Minnedosa and Neepawa make CAA worst roads list

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner

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According to a new survey from CAA Manitoba, Neepawa’s Mountain Avenue was in the top 20 for the worst roads in the province. Meanwhile, Minnedosa’s Main Street South finshed eighth.

The communities of Brookdale, Minnedosa and Neepawa have found themselves on a list that they’re likely not happy to be on. On Tuesday, Apr. 18, CAA Manitoba released the results of its Worst Roads campaign. The annual initiative is aimed at pressuring governments into spending money to repair problematic roads. Brookdale’s Provincial Road (PR) 353 came in second in both the overall and rural categories, while Minnedosa’s Main Street South finished eighth overall (fifth in the rural road category) and Mountain Avenue in Neepawa was 19th overall (ninth - rural roads). Just over 8,400 votes were cast on 712 different roads. Provincial road 239 in Faulkner was the top vote getter for 2017. An extenuating circumstance to the road situation is that all three local roads are under provincial jurisdiction. That means the province is in charge of the primary maintenance and repairs. Minnedosa mayor Ray Orr said it makes for a tough situation. “It’s not a situation we’re happy about. On top of that, there are certain things that we as a municipality can’t do without advising the province. Many people around the community understand the circumstances we’re dealing with, though from time to time, there are some who come up to us saying ‘Why aren’t you fixing the street?’ We are doing everything we’re able to on repairs,” noted Orr. “Now, we’ve been informed [by the province] that they’re going to be working on Sixth Avenue this season, which is very good to hear. At the same time, we would have been just as happy to see that work being done on Main Street instead, but they’ve focused their priority someplace else.”

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