Meet the artist behind the mural on the new 6th Street concrete barriers

Editor's note: The above video is from previous coverage that aired on KXAN on Aug. 25.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Concrete barriers went up along Sixth Street recently, as part of the Austin Police Department's efforts to prevent late-night crowds from gathering in the street or outside businesses since opening the road back up to cars over the weekends.

These replaced the water-filled barriers that were up for about four months, and are now the third type of infrastructure the city has used since the street opened up to car traffic full-time in January.

“After installing water-filled barriers on Sixth Street, we heard from business owners that the area felt too much like a construction site, so the City opted to make the switch to concrete barriers,” the city previously told KXAN in an email st