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Manitoba’s Worst Roads Campaign is underway. You can vote at CAAWorstRoads.com until April 19. But it actually might be easier to pick the province’s best roads. It seems like they’re all bad right now. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Winnipeg’s pothole situation this damaging and dangerous. Ahmed Shalaby, engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, says the solution is really quite simple. We need to start using better materials and techniques when building our streets and highways in the first place. However, that would come at a cost, of course. President of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association Chris Lorenc says they’re constantly trying to find the sweet spot between building the best possible road for the money that’s available. He urges all three levels of government to work together more closely and invest in road construction on a regular basis. Playing catch-up causes peaks and valleys and I would say we’re trying to climb out of a very deep valley right now. Back to the CAA........

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