Readers’ reactions

Ashoka Road in Waterhouse to be renamed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Drive

Why was it called Ashoka in the first place? Does anyone know? – @ChristianaRisen

Well deserved! I hope that it looks like something that should be named after our legend. – @Liptzsyje

Is the road recently paved? Or is it a road filled with potholes and rubbish? Make sure it’s properly done! – @KarleneSeg77096

Well deserved! From the people, big up yourself @realshellyannfp – @naomiyells

I love that ... she done some good work for her community through her foundation. well done. – @chemeleon10

We need the grandstand at the National Stadium to be named after her as well. – @goochi_wayne

It should have been Hagley Park Road. That girl Shelly Ann is a Jamaican icon. – @jmaxim917

Super proud that we are giving her flowers while she’s still alive @realshellyannfp this is just a small token of our appreciation to your indelible contribution to the Waterhouse community and Jamaica at large. – @_.scorpion.queen._

Nooo the names of our roads in Waterhouse are attached to our Indian heritage these names are very sentimental to persons of Indian descent whose forefathers settled there. – @geena_sapphire

Nobody knows that road, the icon deserve better. – @aaronslick

You owe it to her to make sure that this road stays clean, developed and crime free and not a warzone. – @newprofilewhenever1900

Mayor Swaby, can we also get the sign at the entrance updated? The one that says ‘Welcome to Waterhouse, home of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’ ... the sign is an eyesore. – Jones Samantha

We also want Belmont Road to renamed in the honour of Bruce Golding – Edward Ellis

Well deserved. We all love our SFP & she definitely loves us back. Nuff respect to her! – Fiwi Harvest Foods

Fantastic move, KSAMC. She needs a primary school named after her too. Perhaps Drews Avenue Primary, me nuh know. What unuh think? – El Comandante Mendes

Well done, KSAMC, congratulations Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, our Pocket Rocket Queen. – Marsha Kay Stone

Richly deserved. – Nicholas Bartley

Readers’ reactions sourced from The Gleaner’s X, formerly Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages. Compiled by Khanique McDaniel.