1. Dufferin St. (Toronto)2. Bunting Rd. (St. Catharines)
3. Burlington St. E. (Hamilton)
4. Stanley Ave. (Niagara Falls)
5. Kraft Creek Rd. (Timmins)
6. Lawrence Ave. E. (Toronto)
7. Carling Ave. (Ottawa)
8. Finch Ave. w. (Toronto)
9. Kingston Rd. (Toronto)
10. Bayview Ave. (Toronto)
Toronto has five of the top-10 worst roads in the province, according to the annual survey from the Canadian Automobile Association.
Six of the roads were in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton.
Dufferin St. was bumped to No. 1 on the list for 2012, the first time it has been ranked No. 1. However, this is the sixth time that Dufferin St. has cracked the top 10.
The CAA reports that 80 per cent of those who voted for Dufferin St. complained about potholes and crumbling pavement.
The other Toronto roads on the list include: Lawrence Ave. E. at No. 6, Finch Ave. W. at No. 8, Kingston Road at No. 9 and Bayview Ave. at No. 10.
The other jarringly travelled roads making the top-10 list were Bunting Rd. in St. Catharines at No. 2, Burlington St. E. in Hamilton at No. 3, Stanley Ave. in Niagara Falls at No. 4, Kraft Creek Rd. in Timmins at No. 5, and Carling Ave. in Ottawa at No. 7.
During the four-week long campaign, the CAA registered nearly 10,000 votes from across the province.
The association said in a statement it will present the list and make recommendations to both the provincial and municipal governments.
The CAA and the Ontario Road Builders Association are calling on drivers throughout the province to raise awareness about the need for improved infrastructure by voting for Ontario's worst roads.
Last year, the worst-road torch was passed to Pelican Falls Rd. in Sioux Lookout, a rugged town of 5,300 situated halfway between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.
The road was called a dusty two-lane gravel road with potholes the size of grizzly bears.
Two years ago, Steeles Ave. at Bathurst St. was judged the worst road, but moved down to No. 11 last year. It took $15 million in repair work to get Steeles off the worst-road list, where it had languished for two years.
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