KCCI

County officials told the residents the Florida Department of Transporation had given local governments no alternatives to removal of the brightly painted crosswalks on Dempsey Mayo Road and elsewhere.

FDOT has ordered the removal of any such crosswalks statewide

The Department of Transportation's order even seems to apply to asphalt artwork that conforms with earlier approved standards.

The park will parallel West Jefferson Street between Adams and Duval streets beside Tallahassee City Hall.

The KCCI project has already placed eye-catching designs on a number of crosswalks around area elementary schools.

The mural, which students helped paint, was the latest in a series of public art projects under the auspices of KCCI and other community partners.

The Knight Creative Communities Institute is designing the park, intended for the area next to City Hall along Jefferson Street

The effort is the chosen project of the current KCCI Community Catalyst team.

Saturday's pilot exercise will be expanded to other locations by KCCI's incoming catalyst class.

The "Fully Booked" placemaking project includes benches that look like books and a hammock garden.