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Subscriber only A misspelled road in the Gladstone region that annoyed the family it was named after so much they altered the sign themselves, will now be accurate. In June, Gladstone Regional Council received a request to change the name of Nichols Road, Targinnie, from Shane Nicholls. For 40 years his grandparents Ivan Herbert Nicholls and Dora Mercia Nicholls lived and farmed along the road. When the original sign was erected for Nichols Road, Shane s grandmother, Mercia was most upset as it was only spelt with one L and therefore painted a second L on the sign to read Nicholls , council documents stated.