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City votes to increase speed on Morrison St.
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McMinnville officials have accepted an ordinance to increase the speed limit on a section of Morrison Street from 30 to 35 mph.The section in question is from the east end of F.C. Boyd Bridge, locally known as Westwood Bridge, to Westwood 6th Avenue.Increasing the posted speed moving into downtown McMinnville from Westwood may create the need for a yield sign at the section where Highway 70 and Morford Street traffic merges onto Main Street.“I definitely think we need a yield sign on that corner,” said Alderman Billy Wood. “We have traffic flowing and there is no yield sign on either side. One lane needs to yield to the other side.”Wood suggested motorists on Highway 70 yield to Westwood traffic“It just makes more sense,” he said.