Jeremy Boulton started a petition calling on the council to put up CCTV to deter those who are creating black tyre skid marks over the colourful symbol of community inclusiveness.

"Local residents continue to hear burnouts occurring on the rainbow crossing from surrounding streets, well after 10pm," the petition says.

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"We call upon Wollongong City Council to install CCTV cameras to capture the number plates and faces of the homophobic vandals who purposely leave skid marks on the rainbow crossing.

"Installation and monitoring of CCTV cameras at this location would prove that Wollongong City Council is serious about accepting the diversity of its community."

Cr Brown said she would talk to council staff to see if cameras could be installed near the area.

"With the social distancing and venue restrictions, there is not as much passive surveillance of the crossing," she said.

"Pepe's staff would often record number plates or call police if they saw burnouts on the crossing.

"Now it seems people are taking advantage of the lack of passive surveillance and that is disappointing.

"I am happy to raise the need for cameras with council staff."

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Cr Brown led the charge to have the crossing painted at the end of last year to counteract homophobia and hate speech.

She hoped the crossing would be a symbol that the city of Wollongong welcomed all people.

Cr Brown said the council always planned to rejuvenate the crossing and make it permanent.

It had previously been marred by tyre marks, and due to the type of paint used, could not be easily cleaned.

Efforts to restore it were then hampered by rain, causing it to be removed completely for several weeks.

Earlier this month, the council brought back the colourful crossing and used more durable paint that was easier to clean.

"There is a cost to council every time we have to clean or repaint the crossing," Cr Brown said.

People took the Mercury's Facebook page after the crossing was repainted to tag their friends with some saying, "put a set of tyres through it", "round 2", "should we fix it up boys?".

Cr Brown believes the vandalism is being done by "hoons" rather than targeted homophobic behaviour but nevertheless said is was "disappointing".

"The area where the crossing is a shared pedestrian area with a speed limit of 10km/h so whoever is making the marks is clearly breaking the law and is recklessly driving."