Bowmanstown hasn’t given up on improving security measures inside the tunnel under Route 248.

Borough council agreed on Tuesday to have borough secretary Tracy Csrenko write a letter on borough letterhead to check with Blue Ridge Communications about cost the cost involved for placing cameras in the tunnel.

Before the vote, resident Phyllis Kreiss recommended the borough reach out to Blue Ridge Communications.

Council President Pam Leiby said she had no problem with that.

In March 2022, the tunnel where a mural was installed in the fall of 2021 was vandalized.

It was noted at that time that graffiti has returned under the tunnel where the Bowmanstown Area Residents Connected hung the entire mural.

Kara Scott, president of BARC, said at that time the vandalism wouldn’t be tolerated.

Scott said at that time state police have been contacted, and indicated they would try to monitor the tunnel more frequently.

She said at that time the plan was to install cameras, and that the borough had funding for them.

Scott said at that time the borough’s goal was to make the tunnel safe for people to be comfortable, and not threatened.

Led by artist Carrie Kingsbury, the entire mural was hung in October 2021.

The hanging of the mural came on the heels of a community paint day that was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bowmanstown.

Kingsbury painted the mural on parachute material in her studio and brought it to the borough.

The scene is a compilation of local flora and fauna, including endangered species, and was done in collaboration with the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s projected mural to create a continuity of art connected by the D&L National Heritage Corridor Trail.

Scott said Rodney Reeser, vice president of BARC, has been painting over graffiti for years, and played an instrumental role in seeing the project come to fruition.