male, I think (maybe hope) what your Administration is proposing is what I have seen called standard arrival and departure routes. The are usually based upon surface line features (they are for VFR flights after all) and often have level bands specified to keep them away from IFR procedures, thereby reducing the need to pass traffic information. Another possible benefit is a reduction in RTF because it's quicker to say 'cleared XXX departure' rather than a full and explicit clearance.
In the UK, certainly in the past, the CAA wasn't keen on them because some airports had had some bad experiences years ago, often IIRC because pilots didn't understand the concept and didn't follow the routes and levels very closely.
In my view, if properly done, such standard VFR routes can work well - but I would agree that there is no way they should be considered or referred to as VFR SIDs/STARs.