A pilot project to install five single portable toilets in New York City parks could reach $5.3 million.
One of the Portland Loo brand commodes, which cost about $185,000 each, is set to be placed in each of five parks to start a long-awaited project to bring relief to park goers and residents.
The portable potties are proposed to cut costs, considering a more elaborate larger “comfort station’’ now runs between $5 million and $10 million to build, the outlet said.
The city parks that could get the new free-standing loos, ideally as soon as summer 2024, are: Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem in Manhattan; Brooklyn’s Irving Square Park in Bushwick; the Hoyt Playground in Astoria, Queens; the Joyce Kilmer Park near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and the Father Macris Park in Graniteville on Staten Island, The City said.
A Portland Loo toilet is expected to be installed in each of five New York City parks as part of a pilot project. AP
The city Parks Department still needs to get several approvals, including from local community boards, to move ahead with the plan, which has been several years in the making.
The toilets’ manufacturer told the outlet that it got an angry call from a city official in February 2022 demanding to know why the company hadn’t provided any loos yet.
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