2 February 2011

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A pioneering deal between the Town Council and Mid Sussex District Council could see the temporary public toilets in King Street car park replaced by the end of 2011.

Town councillors have repeatedly complained that the temporary facilities opposite the cinema are inadequate and reflect poorly on the town with visitors.

But negotiations now concluded between the two councils will see the District Council paying the £200,000 cost of building a permanent replacement, while the Town Council has agreed to take on the cost of cleaning and maintaining the new facilities.

The new brick-built block will include separate toilets for men and women, facilities for the disabled and a baby-changing area.

Cllr Ginnie Waddingham praised the two councils’ cooperative approach to the scheme saying it was “essential” to offer first class facilities to the influx of tourists expected to visit once the Bluebell Railway extension reaches East Grinstead.