Residents within the blue border are to be surveyed on their suburb’s new name.By Emma Sun
CRANBOURNE East will be shifting its borders and growing into a bigger suburb.
Its current eastern border, which runs parallel to Berwick-Cranbourne Road, will be shifted further to the east to sit on Berwick-Cranbourne Road.
The move is set to affect housing estates in the surrounding area, including the Cascades on Clyde estate.
Casey Council has brought forward the option of renaming the newly formed Cranbourne East.
Options include Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Balla Balla and Casey Fields, or another name of residents’ choice.
Residents within the blue and blue dotted line boundary (pictured) will be surveyed by the council as to which name they prefer and the council will decide based on the results.
Despite a petition handed in by residents from Cascades of Clyde seeking the estate be listed under Clyde North, it will not be an option due to impractical boundaries between Cranbourne and Clyde.
The Geographical Place Names Act stated that suburb boundaries should align with road lines or easily distinguishable features such as waterways or ridgelines; hence Berwick-Cranbourne Road was the preferred choice for the council.
During the council meeting on 17 May, Mayfield Ward councillor Kevin Bradford moved to keep the name Cranbourne East.
“We need to protect the name of Cranbourne East,” he said.
“There is nothing wrong with Cranbourne as a suburb. To rename it now will cause confusion later on.”
However, the motion was lost because other councillors wanted to give residents the choice of what they want their suburb to be named.
“Who are we to remove it from a choice in consultation? We should provide residents with maximum choice,” Cr Sam Aziz said.
Cascades on Clyde resident Selena Jones said that despite residents of the estate wishing to be listed under Clyde North, they are happy that the estate is now whole.
“When we go by the Melway, (the estate) is cut right in the middle, the boundary is where the lakes are,” she said.
“Half of our estate was in Clyde North, and the other half was in Cranbourne East. We wanted one full name, not half-half. We wanted Clyde North as a whole as an estate.”
Ms Jones said minus Clyde North, she would prefer Cranbourne East and won’t be considering some of the options brought forward by the council.
“We don’t like Balla Balla and we don’t like Casey – we think there are enough Casey names in Casey,” she said.
“We did prefer Clyde North, but if we have to be anything, we’d rather Cranbourne East.
“It’s safe to keep Cranbourne East.”
