TELLICO PLAINS-The town of Tellico Plains revisited a downtown speeding issue during the monthly meeting of the board on Thursday.

At the October meeting, the board voted to decrease the speed limit throughout Scott Street in the downtown area of Tellico Plains from 25 mph to 15 mph. After a month of observation, some members of the board felt it was unnecessary for the speed limit to be decreased the length of the entire road.

"I feel like extending it all the way through the city limits is a little extreme," said Mayor Patrick Hawkins.

Hawkins said the streets in downtown will be striped next week and he has requested there also be two crosswalks painted: one crossing from Tellico Grains to the Cotton Pickin' Inn, and another from the Tellico Motorcycle Outfitters.

"Putting two crosswalks in may draw more attention to that area," said Hawkins.

See full story in the Sunday, Nov. 4, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.