Campaigners say they are “absolutely delighted" as new toilets are expected to be built soon after an 18 month campaign.
The Vale Park toilets in New Brighton were destroyed in November 2021 during Storm Arwen depriving the seaside town of a major public facility.
An officer decision by Wirral Council awarded developer Healthmatic to carry out the construction work to replace the public toilets costing the council £14,279.30. Four unisex toilets will be provided as well as a disabled toilet.
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A council report said: "The proposed new public toilet facilities replace the existing storm damaged structure. The existing toilet facilities were damaged beyond repair during Storm Arwen in November 2021 and needed to be demolished.
"The newbuilding will provide a self-contained public toilet facility including four standard separate unisex toilet units, one accessible toilet unit and a service area as a permanent replacement for the current temporary toilet facilities at Vale Park."
Sean Martin, Chair of the New Brighton Coastal Community, said: “We are absolutely delighted. We would like to thank Wirral Council and look forward to it being up and running and I would like to thank the people who signed the petitions and all the people who campaigned on this.
“Every seaside town depends on visitors and we have had people say they would never come back to New Brighton against because there are no public toilets. As a seaside town it is vital that we have public toilets and it impacts the image that people have when they visit.”
Mr Martin said he was told that once construction begins, the toilets would take 8 weeks to build.
Richie Pitt and Hazel Quinn, who run The Coffee Roast at Vale House also welcomed the move. They said: “It is with a great sense of relief that toilets in Vale park are to be rebuilt.
“For the last 18 months the toilet situation in the park has been has filled us with a sense of dread and appreciation, being the only building in the park with useable toilets.
“We would like to say a big thank you to our Labour councillors Sue Powell-Wilde, Tony Jones and Paul Martin for their efforts in the hard work and dedication in making sure the park toilets are to be rebuilt.”
Cllr Tony Jones, who is running alongside Sue Powell-Wilde and Paul Martin as Labour candidates in New Brighton, said: "As a result of a real team effort from your New Brighton Labour councillors we are delighted to collectively welcome this investment in new public toilets in our much loved park.
“In these days when most local authorities are closing public facilities it clearly demonstrates both Wirral's commitment in general and our group's stance in particular that these facilities will be in place for years to come in order to enhance the visitor experience in Vale Park.”
The full list of candidates in New Brighton are as follows:
Alexandra Badwi (Green)
Andrew Bennett (Green)
Dermot Bolger (Freedom Alliance. Stop the Great Reset)
Andrew Gilfoyle (Conservatives)
Charlie Houghton (Liberal Democrats)
Tony Jones (Labour)
Ann Lavin (Conservatives)
Paul Martin (Labour)
Elizabeth Murphy (Conservatives)
Sue Powell-Wilde (Labour)
Cynthia Stonall (Green)
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