Public toilets in seven new sites across Lakes District

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is set to install public toilets in a number of new sites across the district from October, following $2.39 million received from Central Government’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund (TIF) to go towards a Public Toilet programme of work.

Seven public toilet sites have been selected, ranging from Glenorchy and Kingston through to Luggate and Albert Town, with ground to be broken first at Glenorchy’s Oban Street Recreation Reserve starting on Tuesday 29 October.

The new sites are in addition to another two public toilets planned for locations yet to be determined on Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Department of Conservation (DOC) land. Furthermore, TIF funding received in July 2019 will deliver replacement toilets at Peter Fraser Park in Lake Hāwea and Bendemeer Bay in Lake Hayes, and a feasibility study for Marine Parade in Queenstown.

QLDC General Manager Community Services, Thunes Cloete said he was excited to see the funding being put to use, noting that the additional toilets would help support both residents and the large number of people visiting the district.

“More public toilets across a wider range of the district will help improve cleanliness and protect our environment, reducing cases where people have been identified toileting in significant and sensitive landscape environments,” said Dr Cloete.

“We’ve undertaken a review of our existing network of facilities and worked to identify areas in the district lacking appropriate public toilet options, while balancing that with the number of visitors these areas service.”

The seven new public toilet sites will be installed in the following areas:

• Albert Town Road Reserve (at the end of Gunn Road)
• Glenorchy, Oban Street Recreation Reserve (Skate Park)
• Glenorchy, Oban Street Recreation Reserve (Lake Road by Glenorchy Waterfront Car Park)
• Lake Hayes Recreation Reserve (Rowing Club)
• Kingston, Kingston School Reserve (Kent Street near the Library)
• SH6, north of Kingston (New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) land)
• Luggate, Red Bridge (replacing temporary toilet already in place)

QLDC has one other TIF funding application in place, currently sitting with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE).

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