The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) is coming up ways to urge those who are voting on the annual Worst Roads list to inform the party leaders of the need for the tax on provincial gas to be used to aid municipalities maintain their roads. As roads continually are subjected to weather changes and heavy vehicles with tons of loads, it is not surprising that roads wear out easily. Maintaining them is not an easy task not to mention it involves a lot of money. This move to use the tax of provincial gas to help with the maintenance is one of the possible solutions the CAA is thinking of.

As of the moment, municipalities that do not have a public transit are not able to receive a portion of the provincial gas tax. This translates to less funds allotted for the maintenance of roads, which is why it is not surprising that roads in certain municipalities are not well taken care of. According to Kris Barnier, a CAA provincial affairs specialist at a press conference in Alves Auto Centre, “the trick is that we want to see some of that provincial gas tax to come to smaller municipalities as well.”

One could notice that most of the local roads that are part of the CAA’s annual Worst Roads list are maintained by the province and not the municipality. Some of these are highways 518, 510, 559, and 522. According to Mr. Barnier, about 95 percent of time, the roads that make up the top 20 worst roads list get repaired immediately. As roads that are well-maintained can help vehicle owners save on their vehicle’s maintenance costs, they must take action on this. Roads in bad condition can wear the vehicle’s shocks, tires, as well as the breaks and ball joints. In order to avoid unnecessary costs in repair or replacing one’s shocks, it is best to have good roads.

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