After over four months of discussion, "Duncan Avenue" was unanimously approved by the Washington, Missouri City Council as the official name for the street extending from the new four-way intersection at Highway 47 and 14th Street east to Madison Avenue.  A portion of the street was previously named Zero Avenue, while another section was newly built and remained un-named. 

In discussion, Councilwoman Witt noted that she had talked to numerous Duncan family members -- all of whom were in favor of naming the street Duncan Avenue.  One reason in support of the Duncan name was that it would represent the history of the impact the Duncan's had on the city and that location.

Prior to the vote in favor of "Duncan Avenue", Council members voted 4-2 against an ordinance that would have named the street "Patients First Drive".  Tim Brinker, Kevin Hellmann voted in favor of that ordinance, while Tim Overschmidt, Carolyn Witt, Connie Groff, and Bob Engemann voted against it.