It’s a road whose name changes as it stretches onward: State Highway 80, Hopkins Street, Hunter Road, Farm to Market Road 2439. And on Tuesday, despite a recommendation to the contrary, the Planning and Zoning Commission gave a thumbs-down to a proposed name change for the segment of that road between San Antonio Street and Wonder World Drive.
The San Marcos City Council had directed staff to consider changing the name of that segment of road from Hunter Road to Hopkins Street to “eliminate multiple names along the continuity of a single street,” the P&Z agenda states.
However, P&Z Chair Jim Garber pointed out that changing the name on that segment of road does not eliminate multiple names on a single street. Moreover, he said, “I’ve lived here for 30 years and I had no idea where it changed. Nor did I care.”
