Pride crosswalk in Delray Beach painted over again by state officials

Delray Beach FLA WSVN State representatives are back out at a South Florida crosswalk to repaint it The Florida Department of Transportation was out covering the rainbow artwork on Northeast st Street and nd Avenue in Delray Beach overnight Various city leaders call it a botched job covering up the rainbow that had been there This removal is part of the state s efforts to remove rainbow crosswalks and intersections painted over with other art Residents on social media here in Delray had described wet black paint not adhering to the roadway because of the rain City leaders are not happy about that as well or about this in general but then seeing the streaks and all of the black paint that was out here roughly hours ago made them even less thrilled so now crews are back out fixing the mess Key West is one other city that already removed there four in Fort Lauderdale according to the state that have to go Only one of which is related to the LGBTQ society City leaders spoke in the situation expressing their displeasure So the FDOT came in last night without a work permit into our city streets that we own and maintain and created a liability in an unsafe condition that we now have to deal with revealed Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Lang We are having an emergency meeting tonight to clean up their mess and you could even see out here particular of the pride flags remain here in particular of the grassy areas along the intersection There are several other cities across Florida facing similar changes Fort Lauderdale being one of those but the city of Fort Lauderdale says that they plan to fight it