LNP candidate for Bowman Andrew Laming has committed $125,000 to Redland City Council's graffiti removal program if a Coalition Government is elected next weekend.
A further $125,000 will go to boosting the council's closed circuit television (CCTV) camera network, which aims to deter crime in the Redlands.
Dr Laming said the additional funding would help ease the financial strain on the council.
"I get a lot of people coming into my office complaining about how long it takes graffiti to be removed, and part of that is people not reporting it to the council, but the other part is stretched council resources," he said.
"The council has a lot of good initiatives in place, this funding will just help them to roll out more of that faster."
Peter Grieve of The Cage Youth Foundation said they were one of the organisations the council sub-contracts to for graffiti removal and prevention programs.
"We do removal, repainting and resealing so that any future graffiti comes off pretty easily, but we also organise the big murals that allow people to express their aerosol art publicly without vandalising property," he said.
Redland City councillor for Capalaba Karen Williams said the extra money was welcome as the council was currently considering new powers granted by the State Government to expand the range of graffiti the council would remove.
"The State has given us the power to remove graffiti from private property as well as public property, but no additional funding to meet that need, so this is welcome recognition of the job we do," Cr Williams said.
"Graffiti can also give people a feeling of not being safe, so we want to make residents feel secure in their own suburbs."
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