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Oregon maps first safety corridor, where fines double February 07 2021 High crash rates prompt Marion County to become the first in Oregon to designate a safety corridor establishing the McKay/Yergen/Ehlen Safety Corridor The north Marion County rural-road connection between I-5 and the Dundee Bypass is now a designated safety corridor. Marion County announced Wednesday, Feb. 3, that it became the first Oregon county to designate a local safety corridor, establishing the route consisting of McKay, Yergen and Ehlen roads, roughly through the St. Paul, Donald to Aurora areas, with that classification. In recent years Marion County Public Works, Oregon Department of Transportation and the Marion County Sheriff s Office have heightened focus on public safety in the area where speeding motorists often imperil farm vehicles and other slower traffic on the rural roads. ....