Have your say, on our new Road Name Bank

We are seeking feedback on our proposed Road Name Bank until 11.59pm on Sunday 2 February 2025.

Community feedback is being sought on the proposed new Road Name Bank. These names will be used for future streets and roads across the region as new subdivisions, developments, and other housing and industrial projects are developed.

The proposed names were collected late last year through a community submissions, with the first set of names now ready for public review and comment before being formally added to the Road Name Bank.

You can download a PDF version of the list of proposed road names from our documents panel (right of the screen on PCs and Macs, bottom of the page on smartphones and tablets) and hard copies are available from every Council office.

Background

The Snowy Monaro is experiencing an increase in the number of proposed subdivisions. This could lead to up to 80 new roads being named above normal in the coming five to ten years with potentially 20 in the coming 12 months. Snowy Monaro Regional Council has created a road name bank to meet this need for two reasons:

1. Road names created through community input that are relevant and unique to the Snowy Monaro and for each of the towns, villages and other localities
2. The road name bank will reduce the time taken to process road naming proposals for new subdivisions by carrying out parts of the process upfront in bulk to increase efficiency and put downward pressure on turn-around times for development applications and subdivision certification.

Guidance on Road Names Suggested

The Geographical Names Board (GNB) requires road names proposed to meet certain criteria while SMRC encourages names in line with particular principles. Generally, names should:

1. Have no duplication or not be too similar to existing road names within the locality or nearby localities. This can be checked using the GNBs road name eligibility check found here: https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/road-names/evaluation(External link)
2. No names of living or recently deceased people (last 12 months), If a commemorative name is proposed that is the same as a living person’s name, it should be for a descendant or past generations with outstanding community services or achievements
3. No business names
4. One word only, two may be accepted in certain circumstances ie plant names and no prefixes or suffixes ie east, west, north, south
5. Names that are easier to pronounce and spell and are not offensive
6. For most parts of the Snowy Monaro, names that are variations of Mountain, River, Hill, Alpine and Snow will not be accepted due to the large volume of road and place names that already include variations of these. This reduces confusion in identifying locations and roads.
7. Names can be proposed in line with themes ie nearby geographical features, early settlers, pioneers, history and historical figures, commemorative names of people with outstanding local community service, flora and fauna, skiing and snowboarding related, war servicemen and women – particularly the fallen or any other theme the community find relevant.

This consultation will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 2 February 2025.

Please submit your feedback using the form below, or alternatively:

By email: council@snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au

By post: PO Box 714, Cooma, NSW, 2630

In-person: At all Council offices, located in Berridale, Bombala, Cooma and Jindabyne

If you have any questions please get in touch with us by calling 1300 345 345.