{"id":945,"date":"2024-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/modeina\/naming-the-roads-within-our-community\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:17:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T00:17:57","slug":"naming-the-roads-within-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/modeina\/naming-the-roads-within-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming the roads within our community"},"content":{"rendered":"

When is a Road a Boulevard, a Loop, or a Glade?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Naming roads, both the road name and the type of road e.g. Swanston Street<\/span><\/em>, is a process that creates a minor legacy. The name will live on long after its construction and become a subtle feature of the local community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In Victoria there are 12 principles for choosing the name, the \u201cSwanston\u201d <\/span><\/em>part, and 54 options for the type of road, including cul-de-sacs and pedestrian-only roads.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Locations matter<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Names must not duplicate existing roads with 5 kilometres for metro areas, 15 kilometres in regional<\/span> urban and 30 kilometres for rural or remote locations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There might be plenty of High Streets and Station Streets, but you won\u2019t find them too close together.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What you won\u2019t see in new road names<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Cardinal directions are not allowed. Roads names with north, east, south or west in them are a thing of the past.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As are destination-to-destination names, names longer than 25 characters, three-word names and numbers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Applications with the definitive article \u201cthe\u201d in them, hyphens or commercial names will also not be seen again.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Defining the type of local roads in <\/strong>Modeina<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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With definitions from the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning we can help explain some of the types of roads in Modeina.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Carmine Circuit<\/strong><\/span> – A roadway enclosing an area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Samara Road<\/strong><\/span> – A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons and animals; or, a roadway forming a means of communication between one place and another.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Montmarte Boulevard<\/strong><\/span> – A wide roadway, well paved, usually ornamented with trees and grass plots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Carnaby Grove<\/strong><\/span> – A roadway that features a group of trees standing together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Yves Close<\/strong><\/span> – A short enclosed roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Belvedere Crescent<\/strong><\/span> – A crescent-shaped thoroughfare, especially where both ends join the same thoroughfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Zachary Street<\/strong><\/span> – A public roadway in a town, city or urban area; especially a paved thoroughfare with footpaths and buildings along one or both sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Get more information about naming roads, features and locations in Victoria by visiting Geographic Names Victoria<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A very short history of roads in Victoria<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The first road in Victoria dates back to 1801.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It was constructed on Phillip Island by commander John Murry, working for the Government of New South Wales, as the state of Victoria hadn\u2019t yet been recognised.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the years after 1851, when the land area was know to European settlers as the Colony of Victoria, the Gold Rush was in full swing. Roads became a greater priority for everyone in charge.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Though the Colony\u2019s attention soon turned to train travel as the primary means of transport development so road construction and maintenance fell back to local government.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Following the 1897 arrival of Melbourne\u2019s first car international manufacturers would soon be distributing to Victorians igniting a keen interest in the State\u2019s developing road network.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Facts about Victoria\u2019s road network from VicRoads<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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