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Hot dog vendor Wesley berezuski in downtown Edmonton sees the good, bad and bad of the Edmonton Public Portalpotties.
His booth, the hot dog concession, is located in Beverly Hills House Park, one of two locations in Edmonton city --year-
Pilot of old temporary public restroom.
"This is my ninth year in the park and I know what's going on here," Berezowski said . ".
The business association in the city center says there is a problem with the temporary toilets, should the city of Edmonton invest more public toilets?
In the past, he saw plastic doors introduced in the city.
A potty he wouldn't use.
"They're gone-
Usually knocked over.
Days and days left.
Totally screwed up
"I can't use them," said Berezowskisaid.
"They are too bad. Really bad.
He said: "The needle is stuck on the floor of the toilet.
The city brought in porta-
In 2017, after complaints from businesses and citizens about the lack of public toilets in the city center and competition for a few available toilets after the expansion of ofroger Place, a potty pilot project was launched.
The first 11 portable public toilets launched last year were widely praised.
This summer, the city continued the project by bringing in some trailers. style porta-
Toilets with solar lights, flush toilets, tap water and soap dispensers.
One of the trailers is located at Beverly Hills Manor Park on 104 Street and Jasper Avenue, close to the hot dog stand at beretsov.
The supplier and his client are now regular users.
"This is not a comparison," Berezowski said . ".
"This one has soap.
"They don't drink this," Berezowski said . " He pointed out that some people used to drink --
Basic hand sanitizer provided in Porta-potties.
Positive potty feedback from Edmonton's director of Community Services said the city received positive and negative feedback on the project.
Some changes have taken place, Shannon said.
Some trailers-
The style unit of the Eskimos games in Edmonton is placed outside the Commonwealth Stadium.
Others are arranged on different sports grounds.
Public restrooms are needed around the Commonwealth Stadium, and members say the cleaning schedule for toilets has been changed from twice a week to twice a day.
"Overall, the response was very positive," Shannon said . ".
"We have asked citizens to contact us and say they appreciate it.
Someone called to tell us that they needed cleaning.
But the overall response is very positive.
"According to the pilot results, the city authority will draft a new city --
The spacious plan for the public restroom before next spring.
The plan may suggest a mix of temporary and permanent public restrooms.
But the city councillors will ultimately decide on the future of the project, Shannon said.
Ian O'Donnell, executive director of the city center business association, said some new temporary ports
The toilet has not been cleaned.
Nevertheless, he would like to see the pilot move on and develop into permanent facilities like atWhyte Avenue and Gateway Avenue.
"Temporary solutions, even if they are a better solution, are temporary," O'Donnell said . ".
"So they tend to get less respect than a more permanent solution.
So we hope to see a more durable solution in the next year or two.
O'Donnell said the west and south of Rogers Square and the east side of Jasper and the city center also needed more toilets.
He hopes that clean and hassle-free toilets will ease conflicts between businesses and people who use toilets with non-customers.
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