From The Warrnambool (Australia) Standard:
Streets ahead in name game
By GLEN BERNOTH
November 8, 2005
WARRNAMBOOL residents will have an equal opportunity to immortalise deceased loved ones in the naming of new streets under a city council proposal.
The plan will allow anyone to nominate a prospective street name for a city-wide list, which developers of subdivisions will be restricted to choosing from.
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[CEO Lindsay Merritt said] "For example, a subdivider could own some land that he or she wants to develop. In theory, someone could bob up whose great, great grandfather owned it in another lifetime and put forward a really relevant street name that has historical significance."
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