Delray Beach city officials are gearing up to attend a state hearing Tuesday — trying to keep the city’s LGBTQ+ pride intersection despite orders from the state to remove it.

The Florida Department of Transportation has been cracking down on road markings across the state, including recently removing the rainbow crosswalk in front of Orlando’s former Pulse nightclub in the middle of the night.

And Delray Beach’s upcoming hearing is the first — if not one of the first — where local government officials will meet directly with the transportation department over the street-art issue.

“The outcome of Tuesday, Sept. 2, will direct or guide the city’s action and response,” Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

While Delray Beach could be the first ci

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