Draft Road Naming Policy

We care about our community and value your input, so whenever we’re planning a change or introducing new regulations, we’ll consult with you first.

The development of a new Snowy Valleys Council Road Naming Policy provides guidance for developers, the community and Council across the entire Local Government Area when allocating new road names or re-naming existing roads under Section 162 of the Roads Act 1993.

Council resolved in October 2019 to update the Road Naming Policy to include the entire Snowy Valleys Council with a pre-approved list of road names.

To facilitate this process, in February 2020 members of the community were invited to make submissions for additional road names to be added to the Draft Road Naming Policy. The policy includes a list of road names that were created from these submissions and reviewed by the New South Wales Government Geographical Naming Board.

The Aboriginal Liaison Committee also recommended further consultation will be required prior to naming a road after an Aboriginal tribe or name, to ensure it is appropriate to Country. This recommendation has been added to the Road Naming Policy Procedure.

Additional names can be submitted at such time of policy review every four years pending Geographical Naming Board and Council approval.

We invite you to have your say on our newly drafted Road Naming policy using the feedback form below .

• Draft Road Naming Policy

Submissions close at midnight on 8 July 2020

Important information regarding your submission

Written submissions may be attached to the public report that is submitted to Council, unless you explicitly request you do not wish this to occur. They are subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPPA).