Fort Lauderdale officials argued Monday morning in Orlando that the city should be able to keep the artistic crosswalks and markings targeted for removal by state transportation officials.

The hearing was the latest “informal” meeting granted by the Florida Department of Transportation as it seeks to have rainbow and artistic markings wiped from streets and crosswalks across the state.

FDOT initially identified four colored intersections in Fort Lauderdale as targeted for removal, and then widened its crackdown to 11. However one of those – at Las Olas Boulevard and Southeast Third Avenue – was paved over earlier this year as part of a road improvement project.

That factual discrepancy, an attorney representing the city contended, was reason enough to have a formal hearing and interview

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