Colorful crosswalk installed downtown, it could be the first of many in Bellingham
Bellingham city workers installed a rainbow-colored crosswalk downtown on Thursday in advance of its planned Pride in Bellingham Parade and series of events this weekend.
It could be the first of several crosswalks incorporating art and murals in neighborhoods across the city, according to a presentation at the council’s Committee of the Whole session last month.
“We’re joining people all over the world in celebrating our LGBTQIA+ communities,” Mayor Seth Fleetwood told the City Council.
On Wednesday, a Public Works Department crew scraped off the old white paint from a crosswalk on Cornwall Avenue between Holly and Magnolia streets.
On Thursday morning, they applied thermoplastic strips to the asphalt and used epoxy and a laser heat machine to secure them in place.
Workers kept repeating the mnemonic “roy-g-biv” to make sure that they placed the rainbow colors in the correct order on Thursday.
Pedestrians were already using the crosswalk on Friday.
It’s on the route of the Pride parade, which kicks off at 11 a.m. Sunday from Waypoint Park, turns east on Chestnut Street, north on Cornwall Avenue, east on Commercial Street and south on Railroad Avenue to Depot Market Square, where a festival is planned from noon to 4 p.m.
This story was originally published July 8, 2023 at 7:33 AM.
