There's no glossing it over, says Connecticut's Department of Transportation, graffiti is on the rise across Hartford.
It's getting more difficult to catch up with the spray-painters, says the DOT.
Cleaning up after them means applying layers of cement to concrete highway barriers and replacing vandalizing signs. Just to see it done again.
And how about all those graffiti covered billboards? State troopers say it's difficult to catch those vandals, because of the side streets cops typically have to navigate to reach them.
