CAA Manitoba president/CEO Mike Mager is downright ashamed of the state of Winnipeg streets.

Mager announced CAA's third annual Manitoba's Worst Roads Campaign with the backdrop of sorry St. James Street behind him Tuesday.

"The issue is to try to fix our infrastructure and move it forward," Mager said. "Behind me, we have St. James Street, which is a street that has lots of potholes, but it's really the epitome of a bad road. It's got congestion and the things that concern us is that the city advised us two years ago that they were going to be addressing this road with the proceeds from the sale of the stadium.

"Two years later, we have a road that's downright dangerous and it just isn't appropriate for Winnipeggers, Manitobans to have to travel on a road like that. So, it's completely unacceptable, I would even say shameful, that our roads are in this sort of state."

St. James was named the worst road in the inaugural campaign and second-worst last year.

Brandon's Victoria Avenue was named the worst road last year and the provincial government has already addressed it.

Both Saskatchewan and North Dakota endure the same harsh climate and have much better roads than Manitoba, Mager said.

"They've been neglected and let go for many years, and it's just unacceptable," he said.

To cast your vote for worst roads, go to caamanitoba.com/WorstRoads or to its Facebook page. The campaign ends on April 23. CAA will pass the results on to the governments.

jim.bender@sunmedia.ca

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