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Arawata Street toilets
The district’s most popular public toilets are in Victoria Square, Cambridge and Arawata St in Te Awamutu.
They are both either across the road or next to information centres and so are popular stops for visitors.
Counters have been installed in 10 district council lavatory complexes and figures from September and October show the Cambridge town square’s facilities – dubbed Cambridge Superloo when they opened more than 30 years ago – hosted nearly 38,000 people.
The Arawata St toilets came a distant second with 16,000 followed by the ageing Hally’s Lane conveniences in Cambridge with nearly 11,000.
The Super Loo’s popularity is a far cry from eight years ago when the opening of the Waikato Expressway saw visitor numbers plummet prompting the Cambridge Community Board to order the doors shut to save money.
Until then the public was paying 50c per visit and an attendant was permanently on site.
Less than a year later, crumbling to retailer pressure and the increasing visitor numbers, the council agreed to reopen the toilets.
But it no longer cost to spend a penny and access to the shower facilities was with a token purchased across the road in the iSite.
Community Services manager Brad Ward told this week’s Service Delivery committee that knowing how many people visit each public toilet would help with maintenance schedules and an “appropriate” level of service.
The toilets in order of popularity are: Victoria Square, Arawata St, Hally’s Lane, Walton St (Te Awamutu), Kihikihi Main Rd, Keeley’s Reserve, Te Awamutu Events Centre, Albert St (Cambridge), Karāpiro Village, Ōhaupō Main Rd.
Karapiro Village Toilets
Cambridge Public Toilets
Walton Street toilets
Kihikihi toilets
