MnDOT spending time, money cleaning up graffiti on roads across the metro

Graffiti is something most drivers can see as they travel around the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is spending a lot of time and money cleaning up markings on walls, bridges and overpasses.

Over the last three years, MnDOT has spent about $100,000 and used around 5,000 gallons of paint to clean up the graffiti.

"It’s very frustrating," Dave Aeikens, MnDOT spokesman said. "There isn’t a lot we can do proactively, most of what we do is reactive. We just try and keep up the best we can."

MnDOT says the I-35W construction project isn’t even finished and it’s already been marked with graffiti.