Teen takes strides towards art in the Hart

PRINCE GEORGE–An 18-year-old girl is taking the initiative to beautify a little area of City in an attempt to make it safer.

You may drive over it every single day, or not–but you’ve definitely driven over it at least once. A tunnel connecting on-foot commuters from one side of the John Hart Highway, to the other. The tunnel however may not feel the safest to everyone, 18-year-old Chealynn Niessen says that walking through the tunnel “can be intimidating,” especially further into the evening.

“A few days ago there was just a man sleeping. I didn’t disturb him because he’s not doing anything wrong, of course. But it’s just sad to see that this has become a shelter area rather than a walkway,” she said to us in an on-camera interview. Niessen is an artist, with a background in singing and a more recent one in painting and says she thinks a mural would make the area more user friendly–making pedestrians feel safe and deterring the current demographic from continuing to use the area.