The Bridge Naming Competition is designed to find names for bridges so emergency services can locate them more easily.
VicTrack carried out a risk assessment of bridges in our portfolio to identify bridges that are in bush-fire or flood prone or isolated and rural areas, or would be difficult to identify in an emergency.
These bridges were selected to be named under the Bridge Naming Competition, which allows communities to nominate names for their local bridges and vote for their favourite name from a shortlist.
Public nominations have to be in accordance with the Guidelines for Geographic Names. They must:
- Be relevant to the local community, or be an unofficial name used by the local community
- Commemorate a local event, person or place
- Be no more than three words
- Not be an abbreviation or the initials of a person
- Not have a similar name, spelling or pronunciation within 15kms of the bridge
- Not include cardinal directions (i.e. north, south, east or west)
- Not be offensive on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexuality or gender
The Bridge Naming Competition is designed to find names for bridges so emergency services can locate them more easily.
VicTrack carried out a risk assessment of bridges in our portfolio to identify bridges that are in bush-fire or flood prone or isolated and rural areas, or would be difficult to identify in an emergency.
These bridges were selected to be named under the Bridge Naming Competition, which allows communities to nominate names for their local bridges and vote for their favourite name from a shortlist.
Public nominations have to be in accordance with the Guidelines for Geographic Names. They must:
- Be relevant to the local community, or be an unofficial name used by the local community
- Commemorate a local event, person or place
- Be no more than three words
- Not be an abbreviation or the initials of a person
- Not have a similar name, spelling or pronunciation within 15kms of the bridge
- Not include cardinal directions (i.e. north, south, east or west)
- Not be offensive on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexuality or gender
