Rural Manitoba roads earn dubious honours in CAA Worst Roads campaign – Winnipeg [Video]

CAA Manitoba has announced the ‘winner’ of its annual Worst Roads campaign, and the dubious honour goes to Provincial Trunk Highway 34 in the Central Plains/Pembina Valley area.

This year, the auto club said Thursday, marks the first time nine of the top 10 worst roads — as selected by Manitoba drivers — are outside Winnipeg’s city limits, with Saskatchewan Avenue as the lone road in the provincial capital making the list at number 10.

Drivers cited frustration with potholes as a major reason for PTH 34’s nomination, with poor maintenance, poor signage, and unpaved sections adding to the overall experience.

These frustrations, CAA said, aren’t new — the highway has appeared on six of the annual Worst Roads lists, but 2025 marks its first time atop the leaderboard.

CAA’s Ewald Friesen said the goal of the annual campaign is to raise awareness about the condition of some roads across …