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<\/p>\n CBS News Texas<\/p>\n Live<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The rainbow crosswalks<\/a> that run across Cedar Springs Road in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas may soon be returned to black and white.<\/p>\n Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive to the Texas Department of Transportation on Wednesday, ordering the agency to “ensure counties and cities are in compliance with roadway safety.”<\/p>\n Over the summer, the federal Department of Transportation announced stricter enforcement of a 2013 rule<\/a> of the Federal Highway Administration that said any art in crosswalks \u2013 apart from certain patterns in earth tones \u2013 degraded pedestrian safety.<\/p>\n Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy told governors<\/a> across the country that federal road funding would be at risk if states, counties and cities were not in compliance.<\/p>\n Abbott’s directive did not specifically mention the rainbow design, but his statement said counties and cities must remove “any and all political ideologies from our streets.” The rainbow is a symbol of LGBTQ pride, and Oak Lawn has historically been the center of Dallas’ gay community.<\/p>\n A total of nine rainbow crosswalks run across or along Cedar Springs Road from Reagan Street to Douglas Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n The deadline for removing the crosswalks is not yet clear. It is also unclear whether any other crosswalks in North Texas will be impacted, regardless of design.<\/p>\n Crosswalk controversy in Florida<\/p>\n A similar directive to remove crosswalk art in Florida over the summer resulted in controversy, as the state’s department of transportation painted over a rainbow crosswalk<\/a> outside of Pulse, an LGBTQ+ friendly nightclub in Orlando that was the site of a 2016 massacre that left 49 people dead.<\/p>\n The crosswalk was meant as a tribute to the victims.<\/p>\n Colorful crosswalks in other parts of Florida, including Miami Beach and Key West, were also painted over<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n