Dupont Driving hell
I just nominated the little strip of Dupont St. that use to resemble a street between Davenport Rd and & Avenue Rd. as one of the worst streets in Toronto on the Ontario's Worst Roads website. The road is so bad that I actually had two large caliper bolts rattle completely off my car. Judging by the comments and number of votes it's received so far I just might be right.
"It has been dug up so often it is now a mass of bumps"
"There is almost no original pavement left on this stretch. Nothing but potholes and lumpy patches, including big lumpy patches from the past year of constant digging up and then filling in of the road. Bathurst used to be worse, but this piece of Dupont takes the cake!"
"It has been dug up so many times and rever properly repaved. There are tons of potholes and cracks in the road."
"Potholes and bumps! Shoddy construction has left this portion of Dupont unusable. Whoever had the contract to "fix" this part of Dupont should not be allowed to bid on any more contracts"
"This small section of road is a patchwork of poor construction that has created a corrugated mess for cars and their drivers. It should be shutdown for 1 month to completely repave the entire (small) stretch."
"Patches on top of patches! If you go near the speed limit, you are in trouble! No need for speed bumps here."
posted by modernmod at 3:49 PM
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I live down the street so ride my bike down that streach a lot to get over to Yonge St. It's rough ya, on the bike too. The traffic never stops.
However, i'm always a little nervous crossing that intersection - on bike or on foot. Cars seem to come from all directions and something about the way Davenport curves, and attaches to Dupont at a slight angle, makes them increase their speed. So, anything that makes the cars slow down would be welcome - but rough roads isn't the answer.
Sorry for the double post - but I wanted to add, be wary of the "worst roads" website. They're sponsored by the CAA - who come off as a kindly organization of rescue tow-trucks and tour books and maps - but are one of the most powerful anti-transit, anti-bike and anti-pedestrian organzations around. Support smooth roads, but not through the CAA.
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