SPOKANE, Wash. -- The City of Spokane will soon have some new signage to encourage drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit.

On Monday night, Spokane City Council voted to approve the $6,000 purchase of newly designed street signs through the city's 'Safe Streets for All' fund.

The signs read "Slow down - No need to speed" and "Slow down - Your neighbors notice your speed."

The signs are meant for people to place in their yards in hopes drivers will go the speed limit in Spokane's neighborhoods.

The signs are the result of an ongoing discussion about speed limit signs that began earlier this fall.

The originally proposed signage used the phrase 'Slow the flock down,' with pictures of birds on the signs.

Many residents voiced their dislike of the signs' wordplay and said it was i

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