The A LOCAL artist and community group have brightened up a York footbridge as part of a wider project to tackle graffiti. Network Rail said graffiti was unpleasant but cleaning it cost millions of pounds and staff had had to paint over graffiti on Love Lane bridge over the East Coast Main Line multiple times. It had therefore commissioned East Riding Voluntary Action Services and artist Emma Garness to design and paint artwork for the bridge, which included mallard ducks to represent the nearby nature reserve, Hob Moor. Emma said painting the 40 metre footbridge had been a breath of fresh air.