TORONTO

Dufferin St. is the worst of the worst — for the second year in a row.

The Canadian Automobile Association on Tuesday ranked four Toronto streets in its annual list of the 10 most difficult roads to drive in Ontario.

In addition to Dufferin St., the CAA included Finch Ave. (third place), Bayview Ave. (fifth place), and Lawrence Ave. (sixth place) in its collection of bad roads.

Burlington St. E. in Hamilton ranked as the second-worst road in Ontario.

“We’ve been speaking to city staff and they understand that Dufferin is a problem,” Faye Lyons, of CAA South Central Ontario, said.

“I think this campaign will hopefully encourage them that the funding is dedicated to improve Dufferin.”

Public Works chairman Denzil Minnan-Wong stressed the city is getting to many of the "worst roads" on the list.

"Dufferin and Finch are in the capital plan," Minnan-Wong told the Sun Tuesday.

"We're investing more money than ever before (in roads)."

Minnan-Wong acknowledged it is a challenge for the city to fix all the roads that need to be fixed.

“We’ve got over 1,000 kilometres of roads in one of the harshest winters … but it is a priority for us,” he said. “Bad roads spring up like mushrooms — as soon as we fix one another one pops up.”

About 90% of the 10,000 online voters who identified roads for the survey highlighted concerns about crumbling pavement and potholes, according to the CAA.

Comments about Dufferin included: “Dufferin St. anywhere is a disgrace,” and “It’s terrible, pothole after pothole,” the CAA reported.

“Toronto is Canada’s largest city, we have a lot of people and traffic,” Lyons said, noting CAA has been doing this list for more than a decade in order to follow up with all three levels of government to improve road infrastructure.

“It’s not really a surprise that Toronto has four of the top 10, however, there are worse roads in other areas across the province.”

Kraft Creek Rd. in Timmins claimed fourth place, while London’s Warncliffe Rd. S. finished in seventh and Bouvier Rd. in Clarence-Rockland — in eastern Ontario — ranked eighth. Carling Ave. in Ottawa finished in ninth spot and Stanley Ave. in Niagara Falls came in 10th.

— With files from Don Peat

CAA’s list of the worst roads in Ontario for 2013:

1. Dufferin St. (Toronto)

2. Burlington St. E. (Hamilton)

3. Finch Ave. W. (Toronto)

4. Kraft Creek Rd. (Timmins)

5. Bayview Ave. (Toronto)

6. Lawrence Ave. E. (Toronto)

7. Wharncliffe Rd. S.(London)

8. Bouvier Rd. (Clarence-Rockland)

9. Carling Ave. (Ottawa)

10. Stanley Ave. (Niagara Falls)