PROSPECT VALE drivers could be forgiven for gunning their vehicles when they drive down a newly named road in the area.

In a flurry of road nomenclature, Meander Valley councillors have agreed that a new road on the eastern side of Classic Drive in Prospect Vale be named Daytona Drive, after the annual motorbike race in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Other roads in the area have also followed a motorbike theme: Harley Parade, Belt Drive, Classic Drive, Buell Drive and Sturgis Place.

Two roads in the new Hadspen Hills Estate have been named Bushfield Rise and Baron Street.

Bushfield Rise is located off Scott Street, and Baron Rise is accessed off Bushfield Rise.

The proposed road names have been put forward by the Estate developers, Barry Sproal and Tony Saunders.

The name ‘Baron’ is a combination of the developer’s names, Barry (Bar) and Tony (on) to create Baron.
‘Bushfield’ is the name of an area close to Mr Sproal’s home town in Victoria.

In Carrick, Poppy Lane was created as part of a seven lot subdivision. The new road off Bishopsbourne Road will access the new lots.
Poppy Lane’s name was suggested by the family members who developed the Carrick subdivision.

It recognises the family’s grandfather who served in World War II and their father, named Poppy by his grandchildren, who served in Vietnam.

A tiny road in Meander is to be called Iona Lane.

The unsealed 390m road off Barbers Road was informally called Johnstone’s Lane but cannot have that name as it is already used elsewhere.

Iona Lane was named by the only resident living there and the adjoining property owner.

The southern property was originally owned in the 1890s by the first landowners, George and Harry Bradford. The house they built was named ‘Iona Homestead’.