The City of Delta is advising residents, who go to Memorial Park in Ladner, that the washroom building will be demolished to make way for a replacement.
Work will begin Sept. 5 on replacing the existing washrooms with a new building that includes four universal, single-occupancy stalls.
The new washroom will be similar to the new washroom at Ladner Lions Park.
The work is expected to take place until April 29, 2024, but portable toilets will be available during construction.
Trent Reid, General Manager of Parks, Recreation and Culture, told the Optimist in an e-mail that the length of construction is consistent with what the city experienced for the Ladner Lions Park washroom, which is a similar building.
A condition assessment was carried out by a consultant in 2020 for 33 city park washrooms and fieldhouses.
That assessment recommended the washroom buildings at Ladner Lions Park and Memorial Park be replaced first as they were at the end of their lifecycles.
A previous report to council on the state of the city’s park washrooms noted, “These older facilities do not have the ventilation systems that are required by today’s modern building code. The floors are stained through years of use and emit odours that are embedded in the old concrete flooring. Many of the sites are not accessible for those with mobility limitations.”
Council last year approved a contract award of almost $600,000 to replace the washroom facility at Ladner Lions Park.
The Memorial Park washroom will cost about $790,000 for the demolition of existing structure and new building, noted Reid.
