Fruit Heights man paints over graffiti in tunnel and installs cameras

A Fruit Heights man has spent the past year painting over graffiti, cleaning up messes and installing cameras in a tunnel that he says is a frequent target of vandalism, KUTV 2News reported. ^[1]

Gary Larsen told the station the tunnel has seen vulgar graffiti and what he described as regular firebombs. He said the latest incident came this week, when someone blew up a toilet inside the tunnel, and that he swept up the mess himself. ^[1]

Larsen said he began after vulgar graffiti appeared on the walls and no one cleaned it up. He checks the area daily, and he said there had been no graffiti for about three months, with chalk drawings appearing instead. He said chalk is fine as long as it stays appropriate and that vulgar chalk would be painted over. ^[1]

KUTV said it contacted Fruit Heights city about vandalism in the tunnel but did not hear back. Larsen said the city now provides the paint he uses. ^[1]