‘Pothole Man’ on a mission to protect drivers in rural Newfoundland
TWILLINGATE, N.L. — For years, drivers along Newfoundland’s Road to the Isles thought the orange circles around the highway’s notorious potholes were put there by the Department of Transportation.
The spray-painted markings were actually the work of Ernest Barnes, the “Pothole Man.”
The 70-year-old resident of Summerford, N.L., has made it his mission to keep drivers safe by drawing attention to the holes in the road.
“All the tourists I’ve talked to, they really love Newfoundland and the people of Newfoundland,” he says. “But the roads, they don’t like.”