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Another street name anomaly - Margaret Keay Road or Margaret Keay Way?

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About two months ago, I visited the university campus, passing along Margaret Keay Road. Or was it Margaret Keay Road? Because halfway up the hill, near Elvyn Way, I found a street name sign which read Margaret Keay Way instead. Had I stumbled upon yet another pair of roads with a duplicate name? Indeed, Rutland Way (which runs behind Hazelrigg and Rutland) and Union Way (from in front of Rigg-Rut to the university gates) have twins; however, neither of their twin roads (both suffixed Street ) are on campus, but elsewhere in town (off Ashby Road and Moor Lane respectively). Moreover, both of the signs at the top of the hill where Margaret Keay Road crosses University Road say Road rather than Way . There was, of course, no sign right next to the anomalous sign which would have indicated a change of name at the junction with Elvyn Way. Finally, when I got home, A quick check on Google Street View of the sign right at the bottom of Margaret Keay Road near its junction with Mumford Way a

Kestrel Close - January 2023

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Another recently-completed street is Kestrel Close, a small development of about ten bungalows built off Westfield Drive. It is the third road to be built off Westfield Drive, the others being Grove Road right at the end near Epinal Way, which has been there for a long time, and Brockington Place, a small cul-de-sac with five homes built by William Davis in around 2012. Kestrel Close sits in between the two. Initially the new street had this cardboard sign... ...which was later replaced with this undersized sign. As of when I last came by this way and actually went to look inside (January), the junction itself still wasn't paved, and a plank of wood next to the kerb was being used as a crude way of 'dropping the kerb'. Looking towards the houses from near the entrance from Westfield Drive. A little drainage pond. Nice. Looking back towards Westfield Drive. (In case you're wondering, it's the same pond.)