BUSTY video game icon Lara Croft will lend her name to a curvy new RING ROAD.
The Tomb Raider babe, played by Angelina Jolie in movie adaptations of the hit games, was created by Derby-based Core Design in the mid-1990s.
Bosses at the city’s council today announced their new £36million ring road will be called Lara Croft Way following a public vote.
Nearly 28,000 people took part in the online poll, and Lara Croft emerged the clear winner — with 89 per cent of the vote.
Part of the ring road will also be named Mercian Way after the army regiment which recruits soldiers from the area.
Other ideas included John Flamsteed Way, after the first Astronomer Royal, and Merlin Way, in recognition of the famous Rolls-Royce engine.
Councillor Lucy Care, in charge of planning at the council, said: “The suggestion of Lara Croft Way was one of the most popular in an earlier, lower-key request to the public for suggestions.
“The vote itself clearly really captured the imagination of people from across the world and this support means Lara Croft is too overwhelming to ignore.
“She was created in Derby and this naming will identify a time and place in history where she can stand alongside some of the more traditional icons of the city.”
Not technically celebrity news, but interesting nontheless…
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