Vaccine Drive and Laboratory Place: SNP council's ‘ridiculous' names for housing estate
Streets in Ashlar Village in Ruchill, Glasgow, have also been named Radiography Road and Virology Grove.
Bellway, the housebuilder constructing the estate, said it was not involved in naming the roads and pointed the finger at Glasgow city council.
A spokesman told The Telegraph the streets were named in tribute to Ruchill Hospital, one of the earliest purpose-built infectious disease hospitals in Scotland
The hospital opened in 1900 and treated patients with infectious diseases such as scarlet fever, tuberculosis and smallpox.
It closed in 1998 and was sold a year later, but lay unused for more than two decades before work began on low-density housing.
Ann McGinley, the chairman of Ruchill community council, said she was unimpressed by the medical-based street names, adding: 'Some of them are absolutely ridiculous, I think it's stupid.
'I don't know where the idea came from. Everyone in Ruchill knows the site used to be a hospital.'
On social media, one local wrote: 'Ruchill Hospital was an infectious diseases hospital back in the day so be thankful there isn't a Dysentery Drive or Tuberculosis Lane.
'I'm all for acknowledging the history of a site. But they could have been a bit more creative with the names.'
Another joked: 'There are many benefits to living on Vaccine Drive. Not least jab-seekers allowance.'
Kas, a local business owner, said: 'I think it's quite quirky, it's good they have now utilised that site.'
Ashlar Village features apartments with one or two bedrooms, alongside three and four-bedroom houses.
According to the website, prices for most properties have yet to be confirmed but a two-bedroom apartment starts at £182,995.
A spokesman for Bellway said: 'We are looking forward to delivering 403 new homes within our Ashlar Village development, which will provide a range of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes.
'The development is on the site of the former Ruchill Hospital, which was derelict for many years, and is providing much needed homes and regeneration for the area.
'The street names were set by Glasgow city council to reflect the history of the site, and Bellway was not involved in the naming of the roads.'
A spokesman for the council said a convention in place since the late 1980s is used in the street naming process in Glasgow, where street names are proposed based on the history of the site in question.
'We issue the proposed street names to all local elected members and any active community councils and give them a 28-day objection period,' the spokesman said.
'After a series of discussions on an initial list of proposed names, and In keeping with the street naming convention – whereby street names are given using the history of the site in question – the local elected members felt that these names fitted given the hospital was famous for its remarkable work with infectious diseases, and these names were approved.'
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