CHRIS THOMSON

Moves to name a small but defining segment of a planned ‘Bon Scott bog lap’ at Fremantle fishing boat harbour are floundering in a net of red tape.

Last year, oneperth.com.au revealed the new stretch of road across the train tracks near Cicerello’s fish and chippery would make a street circuit – or ‘bog lap’ in the WA vernacular – possible past the statue of Bon Scott.

The late, great Scott, a Fremantle local, was the first frontman for AC/DC, a band favoured by bog-lappers.

Scott’s dulcet tones are often heard blaring from car stereo systems in the port city, and the new bog lap will be an alternative to the tried and true one around the South Terrace cafe strip.

Instead of reinforcing Scott’s street cred’ by naming the new stretch of road after him, Fremantle city councillors first endorsed ‘Cray Street’.

This was rejected by the state government which figured the name sounded too much like nearby Wray Avenue and Grey Street.

‘Boat Lane’ and ‘Deck Lane’ were then suggested by city officials, endorsed by the government but rejected by the city councillors.

In various combinations and permutations of the labyrinthine decision making for which the port city is infamous, a further eight names have since been considered and rejected.

Now, the officials have given their political masters six fresh alternatives from which to choose.

These range from ‘Wardan Lane’ (after a Nyoongar word meaning ‘ocean’) through ‘Trawl’, ‘Mast’, ‘Sail’, ‘Kybra’ (the name of a cargo ship that once berthed in the port city) to a simple extension of the existing Cliff Street.

The street name will again be debated – but not necessarily settled – on Wednesday night.