The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) painted over Delray Beach’s Pride mural early Tuesday morning, Delray Beach city officials told WPTV.
Delray Beach Vice Mayor told WPTV reporter Joel Lopez that FDOT was at the intersection of Northeast First Street and Northeast Second Avenue with Florida Highway Patrol troopers at about 2:30 a.m. to cover the Pride mural with black paint.
Delray Beach Pride crosswalk painted over by FDOT
For months, we’ve been monitoring the city pushing back against a directive from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to remove road murals and other street art from roads and crosswalks statewide.
The removal of this mural comes after the rainbow crosswalk at Orlando’s Pulse Memorial was painted over in late August. Key West’s mural was also removed overnight Sept. 9.
READ BELOW: The final order that FDOT sent to Delray Beach on Sept. 8 directing the city to remove the pavement markings…