BANGOR, Maine — Bangor will re-stripe a downtown crosswalk using the colors of the rainbow in recognition of upcoming Pride Week festivities.

The brightly colored crosswalk will appear on the State Street bridge that passes over the Kenduskeag Stream in advance of the weekend’s Pride Week events.

Last week, hundreds of Bangor-area residents gathered outside Bangor City Hall, lighting candles to remember the 49 killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and to show support for the LGBT community.

Zeth Lundy, the city’s downtown coordinator, brought the crosswalk idea to the city’s Government Operations Committee on Monday night. The idea came to him via Dan Schwartz, an employee at a downtown business.

“The idea is to showcase that we’re an accepting place,” Schwartz told the committee. “It also adds vibrancy and color to the city and a little point of interest.”

Lundy said the change would be another step toward “showing Bangor is a community that stands against hate.” Other towns and cities across the country — Atlanta, San Jose, Philadelphia and others — have done similar restriping projects.

The city also considered placing the crosswalk on Main Street but decided on the State Street location in part because of its proximity to the Charlie Howard memorial.

Nearly 32 years ago, a group of teenagers threw Howard, a young openly gay man, from the bridge and into the Kenduskeag Stream. He drowned, a victim of a hate crime, and his name became a rallying cry for change and acceptance in Bangor and across the state.

A small memorial remembering Howard sits in a small park along the stream.

The crosswalk will be painted with white lines, and the rainbow colors will fill in the gaps between the stripes. That should follow crosswalk guidelines in the state’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and limit the city’s liability in the event of a crash, Lundy said.

Dana Wardwell, the city’s public works director, said the work could be done “as soon as the paint’s mixed” and that the crosswalk paint likely would last through the summer and begin to fade over the winter, as with any crosswalk.

When the crosswalk paint fades, the city plans to restripe the crossing as normal in the spring. Wardwell said the project could cost about $900 — $600 for materials and $300 for labor.

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