Austin Mayor Kirk Watson proposes a task force in response to Texas street art removal

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson proposes a task force in response to Texas street art removal

Editor's Note: The above video is from KXAN's previous coverage on the demonstration at the rainbow crosswalk. AUSTIN (KXAN) --  Austin Mayor Kirk Watson proposed that the city of Austin create a task force by Oct. 27 on the use of public spaces to assure creative participations continue in Austin. “I said I would offer a plan,” Watson wrote in a message board post. “My proposal is that we immediately create a task force on the use of public spa…

City of Austin ordered to remove roadway art

A rainbow crosswalk, “Black Artists Matter” road art and the “TEXAS” crosswalk on Guadalupe Street could be at risk after the Texas Department of Transportation ordered Austin jurisdictions to remove all noncompliant street art by Nov. 7, according to an Oct. 8 TxDOT letter.  The order would ban decorative crosswalks, murals or any other artwork on roadways unless they serve a safety function, according to the TxDOT letter. If it does not comply…