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Pay To Use Toilets Making Progress In Sandown

New toilets that charge people to use them in Sandown are getting a step closer to completion.

Sandown’s latest toilet reprovision project, at Eastern Gardens, has started with the removal of the railings and preparation work for the siting of the
new toilet block, including accessible toilet and showers.

Sandown Deputy Town Mayor, Alex Lightfoot, said:

"Following extensive public consultation, and securing planning and consents from the local authority, the contractors are on site, with the work likely to be completed well before Christmas."

Eastern Gardens reprovision, follows that of St John’s, with both coin and card operated, with full accessibility and baby-changing facilities.

Cllr Lightfoot added:

"We are grateful for Green Town Volunteers for their help relocating the plants, and we hope to use the planters in a new project in 2023, once this major project has been completed and opened to the public."

The project costs in excess of £200,000, and councillors are in the process of consulting on the 2023/24 Budget, including the possible reprovision of a further public convenience in the Town.

Cllr Lightfoot concluded:

"This initiative sits alongside the provision of the beach safety service, installation of buoys in the bay, blue flag accreditation, as well as the other projects taken forward following our yearly consultation with residents."

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