Saturday, November 7th, 2009...10:01 pm
Renaming City Centre streets
Some roads in Surrey will get fresh names if the city’s transportation committee has its way.
The committee met last week to discuss some options, and came out recommending several.
Among them, the committee is recommending that the King George Highway be renamed King George Boulevard, at least in the north.
The committee is also recommending changing the name of West Whalley Ring Road to University Drive, in keeping with the presence of Simon Fraser University. And keeping a sense of historical attachment, it’s being recommended that East Whalley Ring Road be renamed East Whalley Drive.
The proposals to rename some of the streets began two months ago as part of city attempts to rebrand Whalley as the next downtown core in the region.
Ideas floated in August suggested renaming the Whalley Ring Roads to City Centre Ring Roads, which drew some criticism from Pete Nichols of Whalley Printers, who believes the community name is just fine.
