New Street Name Proposed For McPherson Development
Inverclyde Councillors are to decide what the street is to be called in the 22-house development at the McPherson Development.
A suggestion that a new Gourock road is named after a former councillor looks set to be rejected because he is still alive.
A report by officials explains: “A suggestion was made to name the new road in honour of (former) Councillor Ronnie Ahlfeld.
“It is however the council’s policy not generally to name roads after people who are still living. This is set out in the guidance on the document on the council’s website.”
Local councillors were given various options by officials:
Duncan Drive (after Captain Duncan McPherson, at whose bequest the Mcpherson hospital/centre was built)
Inveraray Way (birthplace of Captain McPherson)
Commodore Way or Close (the captain was commodore at the Royal Gourock Yacht Club)
McPherson Close or Place or Way
Officials state: “Following consultation with ward councillors, the consensus was to opt for McPherson Place as the new road name, to connect it clearly with the existing McPherson Drive.
“Neither the developer nor Gourock Community Council made any further suggestions, and both expressed their approval for the name McPherson Place.”
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