The city of Tampa will comply with a state order to remove pavement art from its streets, a spokesperson said Monday.

Pieces of art slated for removal include a “Back the Blue” mural painted by pro-police activists in 2020 along Madison Street, near the Tampa Police Department, and a hand painted red, yellow, green and blue in the intersection between East Henderson Avenue and North Franklin Street that was sponsored by the Tampa Bay LGBT chamber. That’s according to a list of 47 decorative crosswalks, intersections and other non-compliant features the city sent the state.

Tampa and St. Petersburg received near-identical letters from local state transportation secretary Justin Hall on Friday. In Tampa, the state identified 44 locations, including an intersection on Madison Street near th

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