Downtown Nanaimo adds two more colourful crosswalks for Pride
NANAIMO — A downtown Nanaimo crosswalk will become even more colourful.
The remaining two unpainted crosswalks at the intersection of Commercial and Bastion St. will be filled with rainbow colours for the upcoming Pride festival, joining the two already painted walkways.
City Council voted unanimously Monday, May 15 to add the two crosswalks and touch up the existing two.
Lauren Semple, vice-president of the Nanaimo Pride Society, said their crosswalks needed repainting since they are more weathered than they should be. In Sept. 2016, they were defaced with graffiti and hate speech and had to be powerwashed.