Residents near a San Francisco town square have been asking for a public restroom since 2016, and now, they will get their wish: a single stall costing $1.7 million in taxpayer funds.
The project won’t be completed for another three years, so Noe Valley residents will continue to grapple with a public feces problem until then. City officials planned a public celebration for the new building project, but it was abruptly canceled after news leaked out about the cost.
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“When Rec and Park first told us the number, it sounded shockingly high to me,” Assemblyman Matt Haney told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’m glad that Noe Valley will at some point get a bathroom, but it shouldn’t cost this much, and it shouldn’t take this long, and I’m angry about it. … It’s not something I want to celebrate right now.”
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San Francisco with the Golden Gate bridgeThe San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is blaming the high price tag on “onerous demands and unpredictable costs levied by [energy company] PG&E,” Fox News reported. Officials said costs have risen up to 30% during the past two years, which includes additional pay and benefits for workers.
“It’s also important to note that public projects and their overall cost estimates don’t just reflect the price of erecting structures,” an official said. “They include the cost of planning, drawing, permits, reviews, public outreach and construction management.”
Noe Valley is an upper-middle-class neighborhood with dot.com millionaires and prosperous families who want a small-town atmosphere with a Bohemian vibe. The town square opened six years ago and is now home to boutique shops and restaurants.
It’s not a place where residents want to encounter feces. Yet the problem has continued to rise: A city hotline has received 230,000 complaints since 2012. Mayor London Breed unveiled a health and safety initiative last December to address the hazard.
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“The challenges, the cramped conditions, the nasty streets — and when I say nasty, full of feces and urine — that the Department of Public Works is cleaning every single day, but it comes back just a few hours later,” Breed said last year, announcing the new cleanup program for city streets.
