Veterans Drive Walkway Named Prematurely, Now Unnamed

Legislation is pending to name the new Veterans Drive promenade for Gov. John deJongh Jr. and the name was placed in a directory of street names, but since the legislation has not been approved, it has been removed.

On Nov. 30, the Government Operations and Consumer Protection Committee considered the bill but did not have a quorum to vote on it. But the proposed name was entered into the territory’s Geographical Information System, a digital system that includes an electronic file listing street names and addresses.

Someone noticed that the online directory labeled the road and notified the Legislature.