Perth Voice Interactive

PERTH’S sister-cities across Asia will be deeply insulted if Perth city council names diminutive lanes and courts after their cities, lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi says.

The PCC has floated a plan to name new roads in the Northbridge Link area after sister cities, with names like Seocho Lane, Nanjing Court, Taipei Lane and Chengdu Place on the cards.

But Ms Scaffidi says it’s culturally inappropriate to name them after smaller lanes and courts. She says the names should only go to “Streets” or “Roads,” not smaller backstreets and service roads.

“Culturally, this is going to go down like a lead balloon,” she warned the planning committee this week.

by DAVID BELL