SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County officials spent more than $31,000 in taxpayer money painting over bright green crosswalks after the Florida Department of Transportation ordered the county to remove the high visibility pavement markings this summer, financial records obtained by News 6 reveal.

FDOT sent a letter to the county manager Aug. 21 demanding that more than a dozen crosswalks the state agency identified as being “in violation” of new traffic control device standards be removed within two weeks.

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The very next day, country records show a Seminole County employee visited a Sherwin-Williams store in Apopka to buy 75 gallons of black paint specifically designed for road use at a cost of more than $2,400.

The county employee also stopped by a Lowe’s home i

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