{"id":29887,"date":"2019-09-12T00:38:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=29887"},"modified":"2019-09-12T08:24:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:24:24","slug":"road-renaming-in-gherang-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/road-renaming-in-gherang-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Road renaming in Gherang rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A STATE government body has knocked back the Surf Coast Shire\u2019s renaming of part of a road in Gherang.<\/p>\n<p>Nobles Road runs generally north-south but forks at a Y-intersection as it approaches Tanners Road, with both the southern section and the east-west section being called Nobles Road.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 a member of public raised concerns about the potential confusion of the naming of the road, and the council proceeded through a road naming process.<\/p>\n<p>This resulted in a resolution to rename that east-west section to Matthews Road and appropriate signage was installed on site.<\/p>\n<p>However, late last year, the shire received a letter from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyandlandtitles.vic.gov.au\/naming-places-features-and-roads\/office-of-geographic-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Office of Geographic Names<\/a>, informing the council that it did not approve the use of \u201cMatthews\u201d for the road due to a Matthews Road already existing within a 30km radius.<\/p>\n<p>At their meeting last week, councillors resolved to return the section of road to its previous name of Nobles Road and to improve signage to clarify the locations of residents on the road, but it took the mayor\u2019s casting vote to pass the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Cr James McIntyre spoke in favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it makes incredible sense to return to the previous system \u2026 as a resident of the area, when you\u2019re driving down that road, it seems as though we\u2019ve taken the opportunity to rename a stretch of the road that doesn\u2019t represent a breakoff of Nobles Road \u2013 it\u2019s actually really a continuation of the same road,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re essentially doing is breaking that part of Nobles Road in half and saying \u2018that half is Nobles Road and that half is Matthews Road\u2019 which, to me, doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cr Heather Wellington led the opposition to the motion, saying the confusion over the two sections of road would return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe we\u2019re putting this forward, to be honest. 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