Residents can offer suggestions for naming the new main bridge in the Fowlers Road to Fairwater Drive link.
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The main bridge to be named extends from Fowlers Road in Dapto and spans the Marshall Street deviation, the South Coast rail line and Mullet Creek.
Wollongong City Council wants community suggestions on names that meet specific criteria.
This includes having local Aboriginal significance, commemorating a person, and are appropriate to local cultural, historical or natural influences in the region.
The Fowlers Road to Fairwater Drive Link is due to open in 2020, and will provide a connection for the suburbs of West Dapto to the Dapto Town Centre, the Princes Highway and the M1.
It is funded by $22.5 million from the NSW Government - Infrastructure NSW's Restart NSW Illawarra Instructure Fund, $3.229 million interest subsidy through the NSW Government - Office of Local Government's Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme, $600,000 Design Grant from the NSW Government, $10 million from the federal government's National Stronger Regions Fund and Wollongong City Council.
"If you have driven around West Dapto recently, you'll have noticed things are really moving forward on this new link that will provide flood-reliable access over the South Coast rail line and floodplain,'' Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said on Friday.
"We're at the point on this extensive project where we're calling for submissions on the future name of the big bridge.''
"I along with everyone else in our community look forward to hearing the announcement of the name of the Big Bridge in West Dapto," Member for Kiama Gareth Ward said.
The name will need to comply with council's Road Naming Policy 2018 and with the Geographical Names Board (GNB) Guidelines.
The decision about the bridge name will be made by a council working group that includes the Lord Mayor and Ward 3 councillors.
Their choice will go to council for endorsement.
The Fowlers Road extension, or the new road, will be named separately to the main bridge.
Suggestions for the bridge name can be made to council via their website or libraries 5pm on September 9.
Brendan Crabb
I'm a member of ACM's national property team, covering the Illawarra and South Coast. Based in Albion Park, NSW, I write about exciting, interesting or just downright quirky properties that have been listed for sale, major sales, market trends, auctions and more. One of my favourite aspects of being a journalist is I believe everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?
I'm a member of ACM's national property team, covering the Illawarra and South Coast. Based in Albion Park, NSW, I write about exciting, interesting or just downright quirky properties that have been listed for sale, major sales, market trends, auctions and more. One of my favourite aspects of being a journalist is I believe everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?
