New toilets to open on Weymouth seafront (From Dorset Echo)

New toilets to open on Weymouth seafront

12:45pm Friday 27th January 2012 in News

New toilets on Weymouth seafront will be opened to the public next week.

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council will open the Pier Bandstand toilets on February 1.

The new toilet block will feature male and female toilets and a separate disabled toilet. There will also be baby changing facilities in both the men’s and the ladies’.

The new Pier Bandstand toilets will replace the underground Brunswick Terrace toilets which were damaged in an arson attack in October 2010.

These toilets will remain closed to the public and the temporary toilets which have been in place in the area will be removed.

The new above ground toilet block will provide residents and visitors to Weymouth with upgraded and more accessible facilities.

Councillor Kate Wheller, spokesman for Community Facilities and Local Issues, said: “The opening of the new toilets at the Pier Bandstand is great news for both residents and visitors to Weymouth. Providing good-quality, clean and accessible public toilets in key locations within the town is a must and I am confident that local people will welcome these new and improved facilities.”

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is currently upgrading a number of public toilet blocks in the area, with an aim for the work to be completed in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Toilets at Greenhill Gardens, Bond Street, underground toilets near the Kings Statue, the Swannery, Cove Street, the Nothe, Portland Bill and Fortunes Well will all be included in the improvement programme.

A new ‘changing places’ facility for people with disabilities is being fitted into the former Tourist Information Centre building on the promenade. Dorset County Council is providing the funding for this facility.

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have allocated £100, 000 for the improvements to public toilets.

Funding for the upgrade to the toilets at the Nothe has been provided by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

Additional funding for the public toilet improvement programme has also been made available through the Seafront Regeneration Budget.