Had to look up ‘expunge’
ex·punge (
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tr.v. ex·punged, ex·pung·ing, ex·pung·es1. To erase or strike out: “I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions” Kenneth Tynan.2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. See Synonyms at erase.
Postcards from Seletar 
Effacing a road’s name, just like effacing a person’s name, is destroying its memory, its history, its experiences, destroying its very essence.
The grass will grow again, thoughts will come back, for a true road can never be forgotten, no matter what is set on top of it. The road will stay and we’ll walk it gain.
Oh dear! does that spell the end of sunset grill also????